Suicide of Mr George Cole.

Manawatu Herald, 16 June 1892, Page 2

Suicide of Mr George Cole.

man. Some sensation was caused at Marton on Sunday morning by the announcement that Mr George Coleman, an old Rangitikei settler, having a property on the Cliff-line, near Marton, and residing in a whare by himself, had committed suicide by cutting his throat says the Advocate. From particulars to hand it appears that he had been suffering from the effects of a drinking bout, and that for some days past his friends had kept him company during the evenings, but last evening being very inclement, no one had called at the whare. On Sunday morning, after getting up and lighting the fire, he appears to have stuck himself in the throat with a carving knife, and when he realised what he had done he ran out of the whare with the knife in his throat, and fell down near the whare, where he expired. A. swagger calling at the whare to get something to eat, was the first to discover the dead body, and at once informed the friends, who lived near, of the wretched occurrance. At noon on Monday the body was brought into Marton, and deposited at the Marton Hotel, to await an inquest.