A SUITOR'S SUICIDE.
SENSATIONAL AFFAIR AT GIiKYMOUTH. By Telegraph—Press Association. Greyrnouth, Last Night. A sensational affair occurred this afternoon. A young man named Charles Hutchison went to the Post Office Hotel to see a young lady there. Seemingly Ids visit was unwelcome, and he was told she had gone away. He waited about for some time, and seeing her on the premises, seized and dragged her into a washhousc.
. A member of the hotel start', hearing screams, rushed into the washhouse, where he saw the girl holding her assailant by the wrist. He wrenched his right hand free and fired a shot with a revolver, but missed.
The hotel assistant dragged Uie girl away, and in doing so narrowly escaped being shot, ducking his head just in time to dodge a second bullet. Hutchison then turned the revolver on himself, the bullet entering his temple. He was removed to the hospital in a state of collapse, and snbsequentlj' diet!,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 12 June 1914, Page 5
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159A SUITOR'S SUICIDE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 12 June 1914, Page 5
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