YOUNG GIRL SUICIDES
' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WAiXiGANUI, Last Nigh*. I Emma G-illigan, the seven teen-yea:-i old daughter of Mr Francis Grilligan, !"«• well-known farmer of Waitotira, drowned herself on Saturday afternoon. In the 'morning, she seemed moody, •and .went lib ,heir bedroom, where she .read letters,- and then burned'them. 'Foliowing this, she walked to the other side of d lake, iand in- answer to 'hec stcip-mothier'ts oall, she said she was .going to drown herself. In cpite c'f piiotegts ,she.,walked into the water and disappeared, life being ■extinct ,when the body was recovered. At the inquest.a .verdict of suicide while itemporairily insane was returned.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10641, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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103YOUNG GIRL SUICIDES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10641, 21 May 1912, Page 5
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