Show A singular tragedy A PRUSSIAN OFFICER SHOOTS HIS CRAZY WIFE AND KILLS HIMSELF A fank officer first shot his dei del demented dented wife ife and afterwards committed suicide the motives which led to the tragedy were his absorbing love for his wife who vilo suffered terribly from the combined ear effects acts of disease and drugs and his desire to relieve her from agony and die with her the above 31 says the rage taif laif ac ia is the short and dry way in which the police officials speak of a dreadful and strange tragedy which occurred last week the scene of the bloody affair was at 5 hoefflinger Doeff linger street in berlin the officer is col V chief af of the department department dep ariment of invalid officers of the war dep department artmen artmon L he committed the act about midnight and in a letter to his superior officer major gen regan began he detail the reasons which led to the deeds he said sald that his wife while insane took which caused her the most terrible suffering she begged him for more poison after a dreadful mental struggle he determined to give it to her to her torture ahe she she took it but not even then did death come to her relief her sufferings were only intensified then agonized by the picture he determined to to end her misery he drew his revolver and shot her dead he would join her and he begged his superior officers to bury him alongside side bide of his best beloved the funeral of the colonel took place pince a on march 18 and was attended by the berlin military he was burled buried with the highest raili military tary honors but at the funeral the strange announcement was made that the man had not killed his wife but only himself A post mortem examination revealed beyond ond doubt that she was dead when he gired fired his revolver this was established by several facts one of which was that the bullet wound was perfectly round with no ragged edges and not a drop of blood had been ched externally or internally berlin Tage MatS marca starch 27 |