SUICIDE BY GAS POISONING.
*s r » k SYDENHAM MAN'S DEATH. [ .body 'of ■ Charles Richard . Crooker, "a City Council labourer, aged Si; of 265 Milton was found, yesterday mprning with his .head close „ to a gas from which the cap had ' ,beea unscrewed. The body was found by, Mrs, Crocker,, who .Was at about five o'clock by the smell, of the escaping gas. ,'r An inquest* was held yesterday after- , noon .before Mr sH. A, Young, .Coroner."Elizabeth McNattv Crocker; wife cf ; the dead man, "said her husband had ' always been,in good health, though he was-a.heavy drinker;. He had rever • threatened to kill himself. Cottstabl«irLe*th» ,of-jth? r Sydenham ' Police Station,.gave evidence of identification. , < 1 The 'Coroner returned a verdict that CrOckor died by poisoning, as a rtsnlt of inhaling coal-gas.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 5
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128SUICIDE BY GAS POISONING. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 5
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