MENTAL PATIENT’S DEATH.
Dunedin, Sept. 28. An inquest" concerning the death of a Scueiilf Mental Hospital patient was held to-day. I lie evidence Glowed that deceased, whose relatives reside in Dunedin, hud been an inmate of the instil tile for six mouths, and during that period hud shown no suicidal tendencies. He was a middle-aged man, and married. Ho escaped from the institution hist night, and early this morning, when an attendant was walking along Hie railway line to resume his duties at the hospital, he discovered the body of deceased, badly mutilated, having apparently been ran over by an early goods train. After taking the. evidence of hospital officials, the inquest was adjourned to Dunedin for the evidence of railway officials.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2183, 30 September 1920, Page 3
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122MENTAL PATIENT’S DEATH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2183, 30 September 1920, Page 3
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