The Christchurch Suicide.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH. At the inquest on the boy Smith, who shot himself on Friday, the jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind. He left the following letter : To any one of my family. Tuesday, April 5. The cause of my ending my life in this fashion is because I am too wicked to live. I have had to steal money to give to a certain person, and if I did not get it he meant to kill me to-day. I have to get £5 for him, and if I don’t get it by tonight he will murder me; so now you know the cause of all my troubles. Stanley McLeod Smith. Deceased has been a highlystrung emotional boy.
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Manawatu Herald, 12 April 1904, Page 3
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125The Christchurch Suicide. Manawatu Herald, 12 April 1904, Page 3
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