ACID-THROWING LOVE DRAMA.
DYING WOMAN'S PLEA TO BE FORGIVEN.
"The one great love of my life, and one that can never be replaced, I have lost." This was one of the passages in a letter left by Alice Rowena Beddoes, formerly a waitress, who died after drinking hydrochloric acid. She had first' thrown some of the acid over a man in Ebury Mews, Victoria. Other parts of the letter read: "Dearest Mother,—Please forgive me for what I am doing. Fate is against me. The only happiness I had ever hoped for I have lost. The long, lonely empty years ahead frighten me and everything seems hopeless." Sidney Swaine, a motor driver, of Hanover Buildings, Robert Street, said he left his wife to live with Beddoes, and was served with divorce papers. Later his wife agreed to take him back. His wife was present at a meeting between Beddoes and himself. Beddoes then declared that she would live to injure him and his wife. After she had drunk the acid, Swaine said, Beddoes murmured to him, "Forgive me, darling." A verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19270702.2.204
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 154, 2 July 1927, Page 23
Word Count
188ACID-THROWING LOVE DRAMA. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 154, 2 July 1927, Page 23
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in