SUICIDE IN GAOL.
Dunedin, August 28
The Dunedin gaol was the scene of a tragedy to-day, when a man named Wm. Millar, aged forty years, a recent arrival from Scotland, who was arrested last night on a charge of being drunk and incapable, hanged himself with a leather belt he “had been wearing. Millar was brought before the Magistrate this morning at 10.30 and was remanded for a week for medical treatment, his condition indicating that he had been drinking heavily for some time At twelve o’clock Millar received bis dinner in his cell. At one o’clock a warder looked into the cell and found Millar suspended by tbe neck from a small book in the wall, about five feet from the ground. It is known that Millar was in no financial difficulties. So far as is known the man had no friends or relatives in Dunedin.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19070829.2.19
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 29 August 1907, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
147SUICIDE IN GAOL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 29 August 1907, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in