MAN FOUND DEAD.
SUPPOSED CASL OF SUICIDE,
By Telegraph—Press Association UIRISTCHURCH, January 4.
Early this morning Thomas Marietta, builder and joiner, Moorhouse Avenue, was found by his wife lying dead in a workshop adjoining his house. The deceased left home on Sunday at 4 p.m., and not returning that night his wife waited up for him, and at last decided to look in the workshop. Dr Talbot was sent for. He found a bullet wound in the left aids, just under the heart. A five-chambered revolver, with one chamber empty, was found near by. Deceased had evidenly placed the muzzle inside his shirt, as no powder marks were found on his clothing.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3084, 5 January 1909, Page 3
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112MAN FOUND DEAD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3084, 5 January 1909, Page 3
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