REPORT OF DEATH
OVERCOME BY GRIEF.
NEW ZEALANDER'S DEATH.
GENEVA, October 6.
A young married couple named Wallace, whose relatives live in Auckland, died at Lucerne under tragic circumstances. The wife died as the result of blood poisoning, and the husband, in a fit of mania, fired a revolver shot into his dead wife's head. He then shot himself dead.
GENEVA, October 7.
The Wallaces were recently married. Mrs Wallace, who was aged 23, complained that she was unwell, and her husband hurried her to the best hotel. A doctor diagnosed the case as one of food poisoning. The wife died in a few hours in terrible agony. The husband threw himself upon the body in a paroxysm of grief. Later, when left alone, he got a revolver from his luggage and shot himself. It is understood Wallace came from New Zealand, but his wife was an English girl.
Vernon Wallace was a son of Mr T. Wallace, of Burnley terrace, Mount Eden, Auckland. His wife was formerly Miss Winnie Howard. Vernon Wallace was a New Zealander, aged 28 years. He served with the New Zealand forces in the war at Gallipoli, where he was badly wounded and returned to New Zealand, afterwards proceeding to London to gain experience in his trade as a tailor. At the time of his death he was enjoying a holiday. He leaves no family, Mrs Wallace was a sister of Mr Richard Arthur, warehouseman, of Auckland.
Source: The Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17580, 9 October 1922, Page 7.