Determined Attempt at Suicide.
♦ ■ (Per Press Association). Wellington, August 2. This evening a colored man named Gustave Alexander, between 40 and 50 years of age, attempted suicide by shooting himself with a gun. He was living in the A.I. Boardinghouse, Willis street. The charge entered under the chin, and almost the whole of the left side of the face was blown off. The man was removed to the hospital. No hopes are entertained of his recovery. He had been working on the wharf as a laborer. He is a native of the West Indies, where it is believed his father is a sugar planter. No cause is so far assigned, but he has been depressed lately, and shortly before he committed the act he asked for pen and paper.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 30, 3 August 1895, Page 2
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129Determined Attempt at Suicide. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 30, 3 August 1895, Page 2
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