A REAL BLUEBEARD

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 October 1930, Page 5

A REAL BLUEBEARD

SEVEN WIVES KILLED

ARREST AT EIGHTH WEDDING

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(Received October 2, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 1.

The miraculous escape of Bluebeard’s eighth wife, told in a fairy tale, was re-enacted in real life.

A man named Kulaxides was arrested on the eve of his eighth wedding, and charged with the murder of seven wives., The police entered tho house at the height of the merrymaking. The bride, a rich widow, who made over her property to Kulaxides, was so distracted that she became insane, and was sent to an asylum. 'The fate of the six women has not been solved. The body of the seventh has been discovered in a ravine in Macedonia, terribly disfigured. The long immunity enjoyed by Kulaxides was the result of his changing his name and domicile. A detective investigating the death of the seventh wife, saw the prisoner shortly before the tragedy, and recognised him again in Athens, and then discovered that before the disappearance of each wife, Kulaxides journeyed abroad with his wife and returned alone.

“MEN, MARRIAGE AND ME"

PEGGY JOYCE’S DIARY

LONDON, October 1.

Peggy Joyce, whose matrimonial adventures have attracted world-wide a* tention, has published a diary “Men, Marriage and Me.” The diary begins: “I am wondering if I really am mercenary. Perhaps I am, but it is better to be mercenary than miserable.” She expresses belief that the breed of good husbands is extinct and defines the perfect one as “must be rich, with a competent secretary in order not to be compelled to give overmuch attention to business. He must be a passionate lover, not a mauler, especially in public, <or when I am dressed, and made up ready to go out. He must be a good quarreller, because I cannot be happy unless I have a good fight every day or so when things begin to pall. I cannot bear a man who just sits and takes it. He must not be a teetotaller, or generally something else is wrong. He must not be quarrels'ome when drunk, just gay. He must be a gentleman, polite except of course when he is fighting. He must give attention to details such as the cigarettes and champagnq I like.”