A SUICIDE.
(Per Press Association.) Wellington, last night, An inquest on the body of Edward Brassington, who was found dead in the Commercial Hotel yesterday morning, was held in tho afternoon. Deceased had been employed as a bookkeeper by a firm of manufacturing chemists. His salary was £3 per week. Defalcations to the extent of JEI2O were admitted by deceased in a letter he had written to the manager of the firm. Arsenic was found in deceased’s bedroom, and an analysis of the stomach had not been completed. The inquest was adjourned.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 967, 13 August 1903, Page 1
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92A SUICIDE. Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 967, 13 August 1903, Page 1
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