SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 268, 21 April 1875, Page 3

SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

There is a story that, at a ball recently held in the neighborhood of Hokitika, one person became so obfuscated towards morning that he thought he was at his bedside, and proceeded to unadorne himself accordingly. A somewhat similar incident seems to have occurred at Greymouth, during the races. The Star says:—"A sensation was caused on the racecourse yesterday by the discovery of a man's hat, coat, and boots, at the edge of the lagoon. The police were communicated with, and enquiries instituted, murder was hinted at, suicide freely spoken of. The only fact tending to shake either opinion being the boots. It was admitted that any one importunate for selfdestruction would hardly care to divest himself of his appendages before taking the fatal leap. But those in favor of murder held that it was possible the murderer had stripped his victim and appropriated his boots, and so a few sporting gentlemen offered the odds 3 to 2 on murder against suicide—if it turned out to be either. It did not so turn out, the owner of the clothes being subsequently found ceiled beneath a flax-bush, and upon being roused he gently called for more blankets, apologised for having been detained late discussing with his friends. So the alarm abated, and all bets on the event were declared off.