A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
o Ai\ AUCKLAND SENSATION. Per Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. At Mount Albert thin afternoon n terrible tragedy was enacted, when a young married woman named Mrs. Sheets, ag<«l 20, took her life by cutting her throat with it razor. It appears that the victim and her husband, n man of' independent means, had only resided at Mount Albert for about-six months. They lived in n big house amidst beautiful surroundings near the railway station. For some nays past deceased had been in bad health, and this afternoon was lying on her lied, a lady friend lieing present trying to soothe her. About a quarter past 3 o'clock she got up from the bed and reached a prayer-book from tlie dressing-table. After reading a little she replaced the book, but in doing so' the night of the razor evidently appealed M her shattered nerves as an easy way out of her misery, and before her friend could do anything io interfere she had seized the razor and inflicted a fearful wound, completely severing her windpipe, there being a gasli from ear to ear. Dr. .lones was sent for, but could only pronounce life extinct. Deceased came from TV I'ukc, where her husband owned a station.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 22 January 1908, Page 2
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208A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 22 January 1908, Page 2
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