The Featherston Suicide.
. Further PartiuulajGfb, The following p irtieulara oU the Pea* ' tberatott twuedy, tFepi>aMja[)Sßfleatly, ara giren iu the JSVajrarapa Star :— " A oetermined auicide occurred at Featherston this (Tbiirsday) mording, the victim being a man named -George, Symington, in the employ of Mr a J f , ifoddar.j r puijic*jp. It appears, that,. deceased o o^in.e fjoin vVai.hejQga iwo if eeks kgo, * and had been drinking for some time, but appeared to be. recovering;, from jthe Bprep, r^aad Mr Hodder'aValea "ih'at whan ! neTaii^aw h»m alone at' 1 a.m^'he- waff^quile'^so^er, and apparently in good heahh_and spirits. A\ Ufidfwpsa^^loo^ißniV^ Ms iprett^s, Mr HodiJer wsts surprised #4 see deceased hanging out of an jipper window and a pool of blood on the pavement ... beneath. Deceased was found to beiSangmg fact downwards, 'with his legs in the room he occupied, and en exatdibation his throat w'ab fottiid to be cut from ear to ear. In -'the roorir lay hw portmanteau open, aud alongside a razor that he _ had evidently fcfikeh out for (h« purpose 1 the fatal operation. SymingtojiX who wais. pr^babryl'Batwen^ftanttr^SifWrs of age, is snid tp b# rthe son of an extensive wine merchant in Edinburgh.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 107, 1 April 1884, Page 2
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192The Featherston Suicide. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 107, 1 April 1884, Page 2
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