MURDER IN A HOSPITAL
UNSTRUNG HUSBAND’S CRIME. ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE. United Press Assn.—Ftee. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, May 17. A poignant tragedy .occurred in the Hammersmith Hospital. Mrs Elizabeth Lloyd, aged 36, wife of a South Wales miner, suffered a disfiguring 'facial disease, and as a last resort was sent to Sir Harold Gillies, a noted plastic surgeon, who worked six months to restore her features. The surgeon 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 in the hospital for 10 hours, chatting continuously with his wife and giving her news of their 10-year-old boy. Apparently they were very happy, and the nurse left the ward for a few moments.
Presently the nurse heard a piercing scream. She ran back to find Lloyd lying across his wife’s bed with his throat cut. The wife was similarly injured and died in a few hours The husband may recover. Neighbours of iiis at Aberdare say lie was depressed and unstrung after weeks of anxiety.
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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18640, 19 May 1932, Page 7
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