ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
DETER JIIXED SUICIDE. JJy Telegraph'—Press Association, luvcrcargill Last Night. An iiii]uest was lichl to-day on the body of .lames liiincui'k, who shot himself tit Kapuka yesterday. The evidence indicated that a nail had been I driven into the table in deceased's wharo and Unit after aligning the gun \\itli a ciiitriilgc ease wedged between (lie triggers, he discharged it by pulling tlii' fove trigger against tlie nail, blowing bis head to fragments. Deceased was 33 years of age and had a brother in the North Island. Deceased's experiments with an electric weed cradiciitor had been very successful. Deceased told a man with whom he had nivitls that lie had seen a doctor who had given him only three months to live. He had had a bad leg and walked with a limp. A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 189, 31 July 1908, Page 2
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144ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 189, 31 July 1908, Page 2
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