ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
YOUNG LADY ENDEAVORS TO DROWN HERSELF. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 28. A considerable amount of excitement was caused on the ferry steamer Maori, during the voyage from Wellington to Lyttelton last night. It is stated that a girl named Olive Laura Grimes, said to be well connected in Wellington, made two attempts to throw herself overboard. It was noticed when she joined the steamer at Wellington that she was rather depressed in her manner, but as the night wore on, she became rather hysterical, and made attempts at self-destruction. Miss Grimes was charged this afternoon, before Mr. H. W. Bishop, S.M., with attempting to commit suicide. The young lady 6aid, when asked for an explanation, that she was rather hysterical at times, and a little time ago the young man whom she was engaged to died. She met a brother to this gentleman on the Maori last evening, and after talking about her late intended, became despondent and attempted to jump overboard. She liad had such a lesson now that she would not commit such an act again. The Magistrate pointed out the serious position she had placed herself in, and after getting a promise from her that she would not make any attempt to take her life again, he discharged her.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2101, 29 January 1908, Page 2
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214ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2101, 29 January 1908, Page 2
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