ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
On Thursday evening A inaiL named Win. Duncan, who was some time ago before the Resident Magistrate’s <3ottrt on of; lunacy, ttnd who was subsequently re-, moved to the Hospital On account of ill health, attempted to' conimit >siudde|. It appears that Duncan—who has been suffering from softening of the bit admißsion into the Hospital, wis ih.the casualty ward. -Hp was very iesfless’ continually walking about, but was hot thought to be dangerous, while sitting in the ward on in question, however, he stabbed himself m the throat in five different places with a penknife which he had bon owed from another patient for the ostensible purpose of paring his Ho was, of course, promptly teourecU We believe that his wounds are hot of a settopa. navure. Some ,hours before this occurred 1 Duncan. was found in n well attached ip tbo . Hospital, containing only a smaU quantity ’ of water, by one ibf the workmen engaged. on the new building, When he tried to make it appear as If his position waathereanlt of accident.—* Southland News.’
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Evening Star, Issue 4148, 13 June 1876, Page 2
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178ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Evening Star, Issue 4148, 13 June 1876, Page 2
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