Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-25 | Page 16 | Husband Shoots Opera Star Wife

HUSBAND SHOOTS OPERA STAR WIFE BERLIN Oct 25 P The JP-The The soprano star ar Gertrude Bindernagel sang inthe inthe in the le tragic opera Siegfried last night Ight and a few minutes later was the he victim of oC a gun attack by her husband The husband Wilhelm Hintze Hintzc a banker appeared at the stage door and nd as his wife emerged drew a pis pis- ol tol and shot hot her down Early today an operation was performed per per- formed ormed for removal of the bullet from froma a kidney but physicians said the noted singers singer's condition was practically practically cally ally hopeless Miss the police said started divorce proceedings against her husband last week Hintze submitted sub quietly to arrest He told police po po- lice ice he wan wanted led to teach her a ales les les- son on Police said sad however that he tried to o commit suicide after firing tiring at his wife but the gun failed to 0 o work Miss Bindernagel is 39 years old and nd Hintze is 53 He is a former colonel colo- colo nd nel el in the famous Potsdam First guards regiment