ASSAULT AND POISON.
Auckland, this ilay.J Yeaternioht an infornjation yas given to the polioe that, Henry Geddes Hunter, whose wife is boarding house keeping, attempted suicide by taking phosphorusThe police found the man,lying on the verandah with phosphorus shining on his, lips and lingers, while there wish severe gash on the top of the head.. An emetic was applied and he vomited freely. It subsequently transpired that Hunter had had an altercation with his wife, who struck him over the head with a chair le?, and there n reason to believe that lie smeared' his face with phosphorus to'make 'her believe he: had; committed suicide.
THE ATTCKLANJ) MUSEUM IN ' " s<& ' ' "'\ . Mr J, P. Mackelire, of London, who has already presented several thousand pounds' worth of works to the Auckland Museum, 'has purchased several art treasures at the Duke of Hamilton's sale and sent them to Auckland in the ships Looh Urr and Looh Fleet.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1230, 15 November 1882, Page 2
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154ASSAULT AND POISON. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1230, 15 November 1882, Page 2
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