JUMP FROM 'PLANE
ANOTHER DOUBLE SUICIDE. YOUNG COUPLE’S DEATH. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received March 2, 2.25 p.m. BASLE, March 1. Karl Grieder, aged 25, a school teacher, and his sweetheart, Mile. Joeri, a sweetshop employee, committed suicide by jumping 100 ft from an aeroplane. The Basle correspondent of the London Times says that a committee had earlier examined Grieder regarding trust funds for distribution to the aged people in his village a.t Lausen. Instead of returning to the village, he had tea with Mile. Joeri at the Basle aerodrome and hired an aeroplane. Mile. Joeri opened the door and jumped out when over Lausen, while Grieder was speaking to the pilot. Grieder immediately followed. Their Grieder immediately followed. Their apart. The pilot returned to Basle at top speed and informed the pblice.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 81, 4 March 1935, Page 2
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