SLAIN IN CITY STREET
GHASTLY DUAL TRAGEDY WOMAN SLASHED WITH RAZOR KILLER’S IMMEDIATE SUICIDE; (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph «. epyriguw SYDNEY, March 4. A ghastly tragedy was enacted in the heart of the city- in broad daylight to-day when Bert Debretty ageci 4/ a returned soldier who has been separated from his wife, caught her in the Gouliburn district, threw her aoross liis knee, and cut her throat with a razor. He tossed her into the gutter, where she died without uttering a word. Deibrett then gashed his own throat and .died on the pavement within, view of a number of people. : The wife was aged 27 and lias been earning her own living as a waitress in a oitv cafe.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 March 1931, Page 5
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121SLAIN IN CITY STREET Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 March 1931, Page 5
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