SUICIDE WHILE INSANE.
AUCKLAND, Last Night. An inquest was held on Peter Hill, who was killed at Parneii tunnel. The evidence revealed the fact that deceased had left a letter, which read as follows:—"I am going mad. I don't think I have slept an hour each night for three weeks." The medical testimony showed indications of Lysol poisoning. The jury returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane, death being caused by a dislocated vertebrae.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10202, 1 April 1911, Page 5
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75SUICIDE WHILE INSANE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10202, 1 April 1911, Page 5
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