SYDNEY TRAGEDY
WADE MURDERED HIS WIFE. CORONER’S DECISION. By Telegraph—Press Assn —Copyright. (Received March 6, 7.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 6. At the inquest on the Wades (man and wife), who were found dead in their flat on February 19th, the doctor wfio attended Mrs Wade for several years gave evidence that she was suffering from an incurable disease, and was not sound mentally. Wade was very worried about his wife’s condition, but refused to entertain the doctor’s suggestion that he should plaice her in a public institution. He dd nbt impress the doctor as being mentally unstable. A friend of the Wades gave evidence that the couple lived on most affectionate terms. Wade had been worried during the past few months, and often said he would shoot himself owing to his business worries, hut he never 6aid anything about his wife. Other evidence was similar to that cabled when the bodies were found. The coroner found that Wade murdered his wife, and then committed suicide. I
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11772, 7 March 1924, Page 7
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