Rigid Wenzel

In Spain fortnight ago a bull killed a man with a sword (TIME, Sept. 22). In Czechoslovakia, last week, a corpse shot a man with a pistol. Explanation: In the village of Bruex one Wenzel Kokoschka grew tired of life, blew out his brains with one bullet from a seven-shot repeater, lay on his face unnoticed for several hours. In due time the corpse was discovered,

Inspector Joseph Marcs of the local police came to examine the body. The pistol was still clutched in Wenzel Kokoschka's hand. As the inspector bent to turn the corpse over, rigor mortis caused the corpse's fingers to contract. Corpse Wenzel shot Inspector Joseph through the stomach.

"Inspector Marcs is expected to die," cabled a Prague correspondent. "No such case has ever been on record before in Czechoslovakia."

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