THE BOWER OF DEATH.

NZ Truth, Issue 854, 1 April 1922, Page 4

THE BOWER OF DEATH.

A romantic story of love and death is reported) from .Paris. • On Qctober 8 the dead bodies of a wealthy mer-. chant and a beautif till Swiss girl were discovered m a room at the Hotel Continental. The room was so full of z-oses ad carnations as to resemble a rustic bower.. The man, Edouard Schaeff.er, was lying fully clothed on the b,ed, and by his side was the girl, Martha Gilabert. Both had revolver bullet wounds m the head. "Wreaths made by trie girl lay under their heads on the pillows. Schaeffer, who was 42 years of age. and married, was m. business at Geneva, where Martha. Gilabert was a nurse. During an illness Schaeffer was nursed by the girl. They fell m love and eloped to Paris, where they booked m their right names at the Hotel Continental, making no pretence that they were married. Apparently they agreed to die together. Early m the morning the girl went to the Madeleine flower market, and was seen returning with her arms full of white flowers, with which she decked the bed and the room. An . examination of the body disclosed that the girl' must have fired both shots, first killing her lover and then turning the weapon on her"