PECULIAR SUICIDE.
Dunedin, This day. A shepherd on a run near Lake AVanaka committed suicide by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. Ho went out mustering, and fancied he could see people coming after him with spears. He ran away, fell over a precipice, and afterwards, becoming more frightened, cut himself with a knife to put an end to his life. He lay out all night in a severe frost, and was found alive by some searchers. He was brought to Cromwell Hospital, but died. His name was John Oswald Stewart, a native of Glasgow, and he was well educated. He got remittances, which led to his drinking, and a drinking bout is believed to have been the cause of the act.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3718, 15 June 1883, Page 3
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123PECULIAR SUICIDE. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3718, 15 June 1883, Page 3
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