The will of Mr. Sampson, late city editor of London Times, shows that he died worth a fortune of £60,000. Yet he stated in a letter, after the trial which led to such ruinous exposures of him that he was a " poor man." It is a curious but undoubted fact that he starved himself to death. Many stories were afloat about the strange manner of his death, but this is the true one. He had lived for many years with his sister, to whom he was attached to a degree seldom known or heard of. She died a few weeks ago, and in spite of all the persuasions and remonstrances of his friends and physicians he persevered in his determination, and so died. He has left the bulk of his property the children of his sister.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 63, 23 February 1877, Page 3
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136Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 63, 23 February 1877, Page 3
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