WIFE MUDER & SUICIDE
MAN ENDS LIFE IN FLAMES 0? HIS HOUSE. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. ST. PETERSBURG, May 23. Kurtz, a German, married a wealthy widow named Morosoff two years ago. The pair quarrelled frequently. Yesterday Kurtz thrice shot his wife with a revolver. Tho woman was taken to the hospital. Kurtz then barricaded the doors of his house, spilled petroleum over tho furniture, and fired the place. He harangued a crowd from the balcony, and ended the tragedy by shooting himself in sight of the public as th house became enveloped in flames.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7449, 25 May 1911, Page 6
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