A PATHETIC CASE
YOUNC WOMAN'S SUICIDE;
THE CTUJRISE OF DRINK.
Bit Telegroph—FuM Attociation.
Last Ndgfh*. •M an inquest* on. the* body of EJiaabeth Gibson, aged --, who was found dead' on the .railway line near Pufcerau on Monday night, a verdict was.' returnled tlhat tilie deceased met hep death by jumping from a train-wiben ' in a state of mental drisitreas. The evidence disclosed the fiaot that the-gnrl's'-'fetiiieir'and. mother had been drin'king, and tlhait tihey were under the influence of liquor oni the trainy... Tte fwliq'Wßng pathetic note, written in pencil, was-Viound in the- fly leal ; of a novel, or mlagaaine, in the pock- - et of the deceased:— 1 .
"Gtood-bye ,'att; , I am heart-broken.; forgive, me for doing'this, bat I hope thfat this will let myi motSer kniow what a curse drink is. -rLTLL.;' ,-' A postscript added :■'.',- ( ' 'God help my. sisters and hotber!''
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10473, 9 November 1911, Page 5
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141A PATHETIC CASE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10473, 9 November 1911, Page 5
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