SUICIDE IN JAIL
/ MAORI’S DETERMINED DEED
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
AUCKLAND, Jan. 24
Tho •precautions that were taken by Ala mini Wilson, aged, ,29, labourer, to prevent his being surprised, while he Look his life hi his cell at Mount Eden Prison yesterday, were described at the inquest held this morning. Wilson; was. a Maori, and lie was on remand on theft charges. He was given his breakfast at 6.40 a.m. yesterday. After eating it, he laid a blanket on the floor of his cell, and on ton of it be placed a wooden stool. He was found by a warder at 8.10 a.m. hanging from an electric light- bracket, with a towel tied in a slip knot, round his neck. €'• The stool, which he had kicked away, fell on the blanket, which deadened the noise.
No complaint had been made by Wilson at breakfast time. Ini modi atclv the •body was found, it was taken down, but life .was extinct. : The Coroner returned a verdict ol death due to hanging.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1929, Page 6
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170SUICIDE IN JAIL Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1929, Page 6
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