ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Auckland April 13.
MiOkTLY betoit nine u clock la-t t\emn:i, Hcipeaut (heenc biuu^h^ i>> the Auckland Hospital an okl man named Vetu- 0 Doud< who had made an un-uciT-ful attempt on hi- liie at M? le-idt-nce u< ai Tlnee Kmcj->. ODowd wa- ob-cMed 10 t.iko fomc laudanum and ihcn tv lominenu; chewing the head- on wa\ matcln^, and the -on, | becoming aLume<l. piomptK -cnt for lh Scott vim. on annal, .idmini>teied the usual' lemcdie-. The tteatment had a o-ood cthxi, and icmoM'l an> unn-e-diate danger. fseijroanL Gieene, ha\m^ been appri-ed vi the ailan-, wmt to veeO"L>owd,andat the -u'_^-tiun ot In. Scott he had the uisioitunaco man taken' to the 110-pital. It 1^ expected that O"Dov,d will -}>eedil> ieto\ei fiom the eilect- oi hi= ui~h act, when he will )>robublv'be called upon to <>i\e explanation"' of the ,ame. At pie^-ent the su'/•estcd cau-c i~ family tioublc, U Dowd Jnd his -on ha\ ing botn lecently befoie the <Lomt on a chaise of a^aull.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 256, 18 April 1888, Page 3
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164ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Auckland April 13. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 256, 18 April 1888, Page 3
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