Suicide in a Lock-up.
At the Nelson lock-up at noon on Tuesday, John Wilson, aged thirtytwo, an ex-fireman of the steamer Waverley, who was on remand on a charge of stealing 4 £5 from the trawler Doto, cut his jugular vein with a dinner knife, and died soon afterwards, his last words being: “My poor wife !” Wilson had been rational and cheerful all the morning. A few minutes previous to the suicide, the police sergeant left him at dinner with a knife and fork. His wife and son recently left Auckland to reside with a friend in Wellington. Wilson has been out of work recently, and this and the charge against him preyed on his mind.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1903, Page 3
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116Suicide in a Lock-up. Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1903, Page 3
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