Domestic Tragedy.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 68, 16 November 1914, Page 4

Domestic Tragedy.

HUSBAND'S ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. THREE SHOTS AT THE WOMAN. Pbb Pki;ss 'Association. Auckland, November 16. A shocking tragedy in Mount Pleasant Road, Mount Eden, on Saturday afternoon. Residents in the neighbourhood heard four shots ring out from a house, and a fewmoments later saw Mrs Elsie May Gaudin run out of the dwelling screaming for help, with blocd flowing from her breast and left arm. The police entered by the back door, which opened into the kitchen, and lying half in the kitchen and half in the passage-way the police found the dead body of Albon George Gaudin, husband of the wounded woman. He was lying on his right side; his head was in a pool of blood, and in his right hand was clasped a new five. chambered revolver, the chambers of which had been all loaded,. and four of the cartridges had been discharged. Gaudin had committed suicide by discharging the revolver into his mouth. There was a pool of blood near the kitchen grate, and a bullet was found on the floor. A search resulted in the finding of a box of revolver cartridges in deceased's bedroom. Five of the cartridges wei-e missing, and beside the box of cartridges was a receipt for the purchase money dated Saturday, November 14.

The deceased was 25 years of age, and is believed to have had no relations in Auckland. He was in employment as a liftman. Mrs Gaudin was removed to the hospital, where she is making satisfactory progress. She said she was 23 years of age. They had been mar. ried only a few years and they lad one child. At first they had lived happily together, but lately they had ' quarrelled over money mattg<-3; and on a certain question of principle. Discord reached the climax on Friday, November' 13, when, picking up her baby, she walked out of the Louse to return to her mother's home in Newton, vowing never to return to him.. As she was going away, her husband threatened her, but she did ::ot tike anv notice of the threat, and ifiitiintxfto her mother's place. On Satur- ■ dry morning at about 10 o'clock she decided to re-visit the home to get some of the baby's clothing. * ben she reached the house she found it locked up, so she awaited her husband's return after having dinner with neighbors. Mrs Gaudin saw r-er bus- r band unlock and enter the house, and she. went, across almost immed'Htely. When she applied for admittance, he said "Come in," and she went in, telling him the object of her visit, and collecting, the clothing. Meanwhib after she had made up a parcel of clothing, she went along the past-age into the kitchen, when her basbanc. sprang from a back room and urs».ndished a revolver. Before she could get away, he fired and the bullet wmt through the palm of her i-ft hand, she had advanced but a step or two towards the kitchen door when he fired another shot, the !;uilet entering her left wrist, traversing the bone of the forearm * and emerging from the left elbow. Upon the discharge of the second shot, -she made a Ca*b for the kitchen door and enleavored to open it. As she t'trned the door handle her husband fired a third shot, which entered her left breast, a couple of inches below the heart. In agony, she succeeded in getting out of the house and screamed for help. At the inquest on Albon George Gaudin, Dr. Houghton described the injuries. Ho said the woman complained to him that her husband was a frightfully mean man,that the marriage had been an unhappy one, and that she had to go out to work to keep the baby. The inquest was adjourned.