Shocking Suicide.
6 VJ. :^l\' §hickin^ J disboyery ; wuk; jnade S ' tiJA!sj|^^stan]t)*at '^opre Pa^k,-Syd-ney, at an earfy.liottryestercbty niorn- >-' 'i*%Lifofihortly after?? o'olock ]VJessrs i^Jfi-ankOlseii' and John Youig j were ! '\ toL" the ; merVef, wh l^ j they * Vjdisc^rMte.de^ b^, jif^'bkn m ,back';of']fciie! rifle hi^M^i^eir haying, ii^i^H^ band a five-chambered bulldog revolver. On-tbe~ weapou- being - examinjed it was found that four chambers j were « .-loaded.^ supposed tol have ' k bullet^as found on the deceased's forehead, near the! light |emple^, y The deceased's clo|hed were Qjfitai^te|l M'itfev bl«)ody an^ /^he spot where the body was found was istam- . ( ed fpt; some distance round.!; The t^fenty--7 two, years, was sft 4in. m hjeight, and was of-rfender build. On his .breaat r w>«f.,pinnep! ; a,,piece of jpaper \ "th'rf- following" wtirds, which "wisitei wjritfeti ifi lead fpeflqil :— «| New T4 2ealan4 wade with bjpod 1 11 she s \'*MßVking; ! beg of her therefore H l<va«cet>t -my small contributioi . AH I t want ; ypq totdoj for me^is tp bury me julrje.^' 'May the Almightyj Gckl yv*/4ere# orti wol I-^oubj. fai^f&^jFilUhn] B>id,l-/ L A pocket and a nuniber qf p^peirs, bearing 4w^ame'#il}i!a!i»- Keirf/ were |fopd : ■ '" m P^e (^k^i}M:^»l:Ldec^^d's clothes,? \r ;;r(a:..MiV '' ' •"' "
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 133, 15 November 1884, Page 3
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190Shocking Suicide. Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 133, 15 November 1884, Page 3
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