THE KISS OF DEATH.
From Now York comes the story of a terrible domestic drama. Donald Jadwin, son of a wealthy New Yorker, shot and instantly killed his wife, Minna van Bergen Jadwin, who was well known in San Francisco society, as she sat at dinner with other members of [ the family. He then shot himself, and died within two hours. They had been married seven months, and until a short time ago had been leaders in the smart circles in which Mr Jadwin’s family held a high place. She was 19, her husband being six years older. Members of the family say that Mr Jadwin and his wife quarrelled 10 days before the tragedy, and the young husband left the house in a rage. On the night of the murder, when all the family, including the young wife’s mother, grandmother, aunt, and brother, wore at dinner, Mr Jadwin came into the dining room, apparently happy and ready for a reconciliation. He approached his wife smiling, kissed her tenderly, and (says the 1 Telegraph ’) in a flash whipped out two pistols and shot twice.
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Evening Star, Issue 15138, 20 March 1913, Page 2
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184THE KISS OF DEATH. Evening Star, Issue 15138, 20 March 1913, Page 2
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