TRAGEDY IN FRANCE
TWO MEN FOUND DEAD IN FLAT. WOMAN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. Uniteu Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 7, 11.45 a.m.) . Paris, Dec. 6. The police had to use tear gas bombs to enter a flat in the suburbs, where they found Cecil Diaz, described as an Australian sculptor, and a French exsoldier, George Martin, aged 35, both dead, and Mademoiselle Novaron seriously wounded. Novaron stated that Martin was her lover and had been jealous of Diaz’s purely friendly visits. Martin invited Diaz to dinner, and in the middle of the meal accused Diaz. A fight began and Martin seized a German bayonet from the wall and stabbed Diaz seven times. He also shot her in the leg. She lay wounded and helpless throughout the night. She heard Diaz groaning in dying agony. When the police came in the morning Martin held them at bay for three hours till they brought tear gas bombs, then he shot himself dead.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 303, 7 December 1931, Page 7
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