A Nelson Man Hangs Himself.
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A young mac named Geo. Lucre, aged 21, well known in connection with temperance bodies jand a member of the Congregational Church ohoir, was missed from his work at Hyde's Express Agency at Nelson on Saturday morning. It was thought be had left town, but at 2 o'clock this afternoon the Rev. E. 0. Isaac had reason to enter the church, and was horrified to see Lucre's dead body hanging from a beam in the church.
Deoeased bad placed two stools on a bench to reach the beam, and so secured a drop of three feet. No reason is assigned for the euicide. Lucre had been dead several hours, and must have hanged himself last night after the church was olo?«d. — Press Association.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 July 1896, Page 3
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128A Nelson Man Hangs Himself. Manawatu Herald, 28 July 1896, Page 3
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