WELLINGTON.
Thursday.
The Hon. Mr Whitaker left for Auckland in the Hinemoa yesterday morning.
Sailed: Taupo, for the North, at 1.30 p.m. yesterday, Passengers : Ethelstone, Pilcher, Bell, Hovan, Mrs Pilcher, 'Wj . . :." -:-;.= -■"■ V " This day; This morning, Thomas Brown, a prisoner on remand for stealing watches from Duncan's store, hanged himself at the gaol. The act was most deliberate. He took the opportunity at breakfast time to remain behind in his: cell a few minutes ;**■ got a piece of rope used to tie the bedding; fixed- it overjthe: door, got on a footstool, took off his boots and kicked the stool away. Five minutes afterwards the warder missing him, went in search, and found: him dead. An inquest will be held to-morrow. .
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2614, 25 May 1877, Page 2
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121WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2614, 25 May 1877, Page 2
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