A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
By Telegraph—Prtsa Association. CHRISTCHURCH. 'March 13.
The adjourned inquest regarding the death of James Trengrove, who committed suicide on Wednesday laJt by cutting his throat, was resumed to-day. The deceased's wife, who was well enough to give evidence, said that Trengrove was given to intemperance, and had often illtreated hei. On Wednesday morning she had packed her clothes, intending to leave the house. Trengrove said that she would r*ever leave. He had got a tomahawk from the washhouse, and raising it with both hands struck her heavily on the head. She was stunned by the blow. Her husband had often threatened to "do for her" and himself. He had been acting strangely lor some time. The Coroner, without comment, returned a verdict of "suicide while of unsound mind."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9993, 14 March 1910, Page 5
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131A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9993, 14 March 1910, Page 5
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