DEMENTED MAN
OUTS OFF HIS OWN HAND. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) GISBORNE, July 8. Whether depressed by solitude or suffering from temporary delusions, a, man engaged on a bush contract on a station near Gisborne, is believed to have attempted to take his own life in an extraordinary manner last week, leaving what was evidently intended to be his last letter to hip • , mother, written in his own blood. Returning to camp in the evening his mate discovered the man with-'V both - wrists cut and suffering , froni ; 4 loss of blood and succeeded in persuading the injured man to allow him to attend to his injuries, but subsequently during the absence of. hip: mate, the apparently demenetd man • cut off one of his hands at the He is recovering now from his , 86lf*;-7v inflicted injuries and later will charged with attempted suicide. ,'.-v •<’
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1929, Page 5
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