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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 176, 18 August 1909, Page 4

SUICIDE DE LUXE; HOW A SEPTUAGENARIAN TOOK LEAVE OF LIFE. Weary of life at the ripe age of 70, Si. Auguste Jabois, of independent means, residing in the Euc Poncelot, put an end to his existence with no little ceremony. Before retiring on 24th June he spent nearly an hour discussing his favorite dishes with his housekeeper, and finally drew up a sumptuous menu for next day's lunch. It was to be a great day for him, he informed her, and lie must have everything of the best, lie had purchased masses of flowers, and thes'e were to be placed in all the rooms. The good woman grew seriously alarmed, as in her opinion these preparations could only (mean that her master intended to get married, and that her rule was at an end. Her suspicions appeared to he confirmed when Jf. Jabois' came down next day in his dress suit, with all his decorations. He took a cab and drove olT—to fetch the bride, thought the unhappy housekeeper. Hut to her amazement her master returned alone. He sat down to i.is meal with a hearty appetite, and then, after giving orders" that he was not to he disturbed, he retired to his study. There he was found dead some bourn later, having been suffocated by ga«. His matutinal expedition proved to i have been to an undertaker's, where he ordered a handsome coffin.

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