WIFE KILLED IN HOSPITAL
HUSBAND DECLARED INSANE.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright,
London, Sept. 15.
Edward Lloyd, charged, with wife murder, was found insane and unfit to plead. He was ordered to be detained at his Majesty’s pleasure.
A poignant tragedy occurred at a London hospital on May 16. Elizabeth Lloyd, aged 36, suffered a disfiguring facial disease, and as a last resort was sent to Sir Harold Gillies, who worked six months to restore her features. He was surprisingly successful. When the bandages were removed medical students flocked to the ward to admire the operation. When a mirror was handed to Mrs. Lloyd she said: “What a surprise for my husband when he comes to see me.”
On Whit Monday the husband duly arrived and stayed at the Hammersmith Hospital for ten hours, chatting continuously and wiving news of their 10-y ear-old*boy. They were apparently very happy. The nurse left the room for a few moments. She heard a piercing cry, and dashed back to find Lloyd lying across his wife’s bed with his throat cut. The wife, who was similarly injured, died in a few hours.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1932, Page 9
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