Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 17 | Joy Proves Fatal to Officer's Wife

JOY PROVES FATAL TO OFFICER'S WIFE Expires When Husband, on Furlough, Makes His Unexpected Appearance Appear-ance at Health Resort. ZURICH, March 24. In a sanitarium in Baden (Switzerland) Mrs. Ida Bers-pV Bers-pV berger, the wife of a German army fficer, has been killed by joy. She 6e to the health resort several moiiNis ago. Buffering from consumption. consump-tion. In the pure mountain air her condition soon improved and she seemed on the way to complete recovery. recov-ery. Last week her husband, who had obtained ob-tained two weeks' furlough, arrived in Baden from tho front in France unannounced. unan-nounced. When the officer entered the room of his convalescing wife she flew ' into his arms with a cry of joy, and n moment later .sank to trie floor uncon- scious. The following night she died without recovering consciousness.