Doctor's wife dies after bludgeoning injured in crash
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Doctor's wife dies after bludgeoning injured in crash

Associated Press · March 23, 1948

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Dr. Bernard S. Cody (top), 52, was reported in a critical condition here today after his auto crashed into a stone wall, and his wife, Mrs. Grace Cody (below), 43, was dead, her skull shattered by blows from a lead pipe. Police Inspector Thomas Cahill said Dr. Cody bludgeoned Mrs. Cody and then tried to kill himself.

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