A DELIBERATE SUICIDE.
PUB PBBBS ASSOCIATION, Ltttkiton, July 22. On Saturday eveniig, James Pope, ■ll years of age, a market, gardener residing at Governor's Bay, at the Jioad of Lyttelton Harbor, committed sui.rde by blowing his head off with n gun before tho eyes of his fourteen year old danehtrr, Pope stites Hut her huahar.d hal cuttip'nined of ill. wealth for so:bo time. Two months a.?", ho consulted a doctor, w\o vlvl.iod him to go tothc hoapit ■« I for tro.itment. Ite refused, nml frq-t-nily ll.rMt.-hed to commit suicide. He rni.k an nn. successful attempt to iWt himself previously when under the inflWo of liquor. He left home on Saturday afternoon to shoot rablnti, a«d after, wards went to a hotel whoro -jio had two driiks. His wife went to look for him, but missed him. He went home and met his little daughter at the door. He then placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth, pressed the trigger with his foot, and blow his brains out. The body was brought into lyttelton, where an inquest will be held on Monday.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8163, 23 July 1906, Page 2
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182A DELIBERATE SUICIDE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8163, 23 July 1906, Page 2
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