CASUALTIES.
(PBES3 ASSOCIATIOK TEUSG2AXS.) WAIHI, June 24. James McEnteer (06 yer.rs of age) committed suicide, apparently by placing a plug of gelignite it bis mouth. Residents in the neighbourhood were startled by a loud explosion. Investigation revealed a headless body in the backyard. Near by there was a, pocket knife and a box of matches, and it is assumed that those were used by Mc-Ent-eer in taking his life. There were no trac?s of an explosive, but the loud report heard, coupled with the facts that deceased's head was blown to fragments, and the chin aw are crashed from shelves in the kitchen, suggested that he placed an explosive in his mouth and fired a- matched fuse after splitting it with a knife. There was no one in the house but himself at the time. McEnteer leaves a widow and two married sons. XAPIER. June 24. A married man with two children, named Ross, a shepherd, employed at Pakowhai, was found dead. Suicide is suspected.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18417, 25 June 1925, Page 7
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165CASUALTIES. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18417, 25 June 1925, Page 7
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