BOY WHO STAMMERED
ENDS LIFE IN DESPAIR. . The tragedy of a boy who stammered and grieved for his brother, killed by a fall from a train, was revealed at an inquestt at Nottingham, England, recently. The boy, William Geoffrey Skepper, aged 13, hanged himself at his home. His mother said her son told her that when he went to bed he often cried about his brother. He was also worried ahout his habit of stammering, and would remark: "I wish I could speak like other boys." She used to tell him he would get better, but recently he said: "I think I shall be better- dead." He would not play with other hoys hecause they laughed at him when he stammered. He stayed indoors when npt at schppl. Mr. C. L. Roth'era, the Oorener. I can imagine it. I don't know why boys should laugh at such a condition.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 648, 28 September 1933, Page 2
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149BOY WHO STAMMERED Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 648, 28 September 1933, Page 2
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