SUICIDE BY DROWNING
(Pec Presm Association.)
Dunedm, last night. An inguesf was hpld to : flay touching the death of 'John Murray, commission agent, whose body wa3 taken from the harbor oq Saturday. The evidence was to the effeet that deceased was reticent about hiß affairs but had been depressed of late, as he w-’ disappointed at not getting a position he applied for. He was 58 years of age and a native of Lurgan, Detail g r S! eased was alrye when first seen in the water by Mr G. W. Crawford, engine driver, who aJipped down one of the piles of the wharf and held I op his head until a boat came. The jnrv I found a verdict of drowning while tern- / porarily insane, and commended Crawford I foy uib Buorfca, in frying to ssyo life.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1449, 9 May 1905, Page 2
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138SUICIDE BY DROWNING Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1449, 9 May 1905, Page 2
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