A TRAGIC AFFAIR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 162, 3 August 1909, Page 3

A TRAGIC AFFAIR.

UNREQUITED LOVE. LEADS A MAN TO COMMIT SUICIDE. AT THE HOUSE OF THE YOUNG LADY. By Telegraph.-—Press Association, i Auckland, Last Night. Unrequited love led a man mimed Charles Barry McCarthy to commit suicide this evening. McCarthy returned from England yesterday, and on arrival found that the young lady Miss Evelyn Wright, of Ponsonby, to whom he regarded himself as " engagea," nail aw their parting formed another attachment. Last night he is said to have pleaded with her to renew the ensure ment, but in vain, anil this aftrnoo'n "he caUed upon her for ih e »ar,,e -urpose, and Miss Wright again refused him. Hs asked for a cup of tea. and for some writing materials. These were provided and he was left alone. Presently groans' were heard, and, rushing into the room, the family found McCarthy was dyin". He expired in about half *an hour.' ft is believed he took prussic acid. A note on the table read: "I have lived tix years for this girl. 1 wish to say goodbye." It was denied by the girl's parents and by the girl herself that she was engaged to McCarthy. "They were fond of one another some years ago," said the mother, "but. none of us ever ! regarded it seriously." '