SUICIDE AT TE AWAMUTU.
Ax old man named " Tommy " Hancock, employed for a number of years at Lewis' Te Awamutu Hotel as stableman, banged himself on Tuesday evening. As he did not appear at tea time, young Mr Lewis went to the old man's bedroom to call him, and on striking a match saw deceased hanging by the neck about three feet off the floor. It appears that he climbed up a laddor and fastened the rope around one of the rafters. He was last seen at 4 o'clock the same evening.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 277, 21 April 1898, Page 2
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92SUICIDE AT TE AWAMUTU. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 277, 21 April 1898, Page 2
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