BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE

Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1930, Page 9

BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE

ARREST AT WEDDING

ALLEGED MURDER OF SEVEN BRIDE-TO-BE BECOMES INSANE. FATE OF SIX WOMEN UNSOLVED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. • London, Oct. 1. The miraculous escape of Bluebeard’s eighth wife, told in the fairy tale, .has been re-enacted in real life. A man named Kulaxide© was arrested on the eve of his .eighth wedding and charged with the murder of seven wives. The police entered the house at the height of the' merrymaking. The bride, a rich widow, who had made over her property to Kulaxide©, was so distracted that she became insane and was ©ent to an asylum. The fate of six of the women has not been solved. The body of the seventh has only just been- discovered a in . a ravine in Macedonia, terlibly'disfigured. The long immunity enjoyed by Kulaxidcs was the result of his changing his name and domicile. A detective who was investigating the death of the seventh wife saw the prisoner shortly before the tragedy and recognised him again in Athens, and then allegedly discovered that before, the disappearance of each wife Kulaxides journeyed abroad with his wife and returned alone.