A DRUNKARD'S DEATH.
SPENDS £loy IN A FORTNIGHT.
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.
Sydney, June 14. At the inquest on Speed, not Steed, Clinton gave evidence that deceased ordered him to clean the mud off his boots, and he refused. Speed then asked him to drink, and he replied that he would not after the insults he had received. The shooting followed. The publican with whom he stayed deposed that since May 28 Speed had spent the greater part of a cheque for tlOi), drawing sometimes £3O a day. His effects included a passage ticket to England. The steamer sailed on Saturday. A verdict of suicide was returned.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 13, 16 June 1913, Page 5
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106A DRUNKARD'S DEATH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 13, 16 June 1913, Page 5
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