TYPIST'S SUICIDE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 90, 3 May 1937, Page 7

TYPIST'S SUICIDE

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Walked Home with BuIIet in Chest

(By Telegraph-

OHRISTCHUBCH, Last Night, With a bullet in her chest, Josephinc Helon McPherson, a typist, aged 23, went from Christchurch to her home in McCormack's Bay on Friday aftemoon. She died yesterday morning in the Christchurch Public Hospital a few rninutes after she was admitted at about 4 o'clock. It is nnderstood that the young woman sbot herself in the office in the city in which she was etuployed by Mr J. K. Moloney, 178 Manchester street. The bullet, althougb it lodged near her heart, did not strike the vital organ but caused internal haemorrhage which led to her death almost twelve hours later, Miss McPherson was the ouly daughter of Mr and Mrs William McPherson, of Sumner road, McCormack's Bay. Apparently she made her way home without mentioning her action to auyone. Dr. E. F. Bakewell, of Sumner, was summoned to the McPherson 's home at 2.30 o'clock yesterday morning as soon as her parents had learned wbat had bappened. Dr. Bakewell immediately seqt for the ambulance and the young woman was rusbed to the hospital, but it was then too late for anything to be done. Detectives from the Central Police 8tation began- investigations as soon as they were advised of the case, but the circumstances are not considered suspicious. The rifle that was used has beeu found by the police. Assuming that Miss McPherson went home by tram, as she usually did, she would havo had a fairly long walk before she amved there.