DETERMINED SUICIDE.
Whangarei, August 23. Victor Clarence Clarke, aged 35, farmer, of Pukotai, a married man with four young children, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by shooting, the left side of his head being bloAvn aAvay. A horse he had been riding Avas also shot dead. Deceased’s Avife, when out riding met her husband, Avho commanded her to dismount. He then took her place and galloped away, calling out: “This is the last time you will see me alive.” Shortly afterwards two gunshots were heard and an investigation revealed the tragedy as described.
At the inquest to-day a verdict of death caused by a gunshot wound, self-inflicted during a state of mental aberration, was returned
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3836, 25 August 1928, Page 3
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114DETERMINED SUICIDE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3836, 25 August 1928, Page 3
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