A Determined Suicide.
(IVr Press Association-.) A! CKLAMI, Sept. fi. .Further information respecting the man reported to have shot' himself near Helensville is to the elTecfthal the victim was Robert X. Ihincnii who had been employed on Air Ford.vce's farm for about six years, but recently hud become 100 ill to do anything but very light i,,bs. and was practically kept on .nil of charity. This no doubt made him depressed. On Monday morning he was missed from the house, and' Air Fordyee searched for him. Duncan was found lying dead in the ti tree. lit had taken his employer's gun, and placed the muzzle against his heart. The cartridge wus tired by deceased using a stick to pull the trigger. At the inquest, a letter was produced in deceased's handwriting, showing that he had' premeditated the rash act. The verdict was that Duncan committed suicide while temporarily insane.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7919, 7 September 1905, Page 3
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149A Determined Suicide. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7919, 7 September 1905, Page 3
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