TIRED OF THE WORLD.
A PATHETIC LETTER. (By Telesraph—Press Association.) ■ Dunedin, November 2S. Mr. C. C: Graham, cdroner, held an inquiry this afternoon concerning the death of. Stephen Harrington, 19 fears of age, who was found dead hanging from the rafters of a stable yesterday-at his father's farm, Shiel Hill, Anderson's Bay. The following note, written in pencil, ,was found in. the youth's bedroom by the father s— ■ • "Dear Father—l am tired of the world, and it gives me pain to think that you have done so much for me; and have been so good a father to me. So goodbye to Ernie and yourself—l am, your son,' Steve." The evidence submitted. 6howed that deceased had been in good spirits and apparently had no worries. , T.he coroner said there was no doubt that this was a case of suicide by hanging while in a temporary state of insauity. ••'■ ==^=====^
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1610, 29 November 1912, Page 4
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148TIRED OF THE WORLD. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1610, 29 November 1912, Page 4
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