ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2052, 27 July 1885, Page 2

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

A cabe of attempted suioide was reported to the .police yesterday afternoon. It appears that the younger children of Mr E. Braggins had been playing during the morning in a paddock near the Acclimatisation Society's ground, whichisgcnorally known as "tho .burn," and whon they got home at dinnor time they stated that there was a man in the burn who was covered all over with blood. Little notice was taken of this, but as the children continued to talk about it, and one of them casually remarked that he had a razor in his hand, Mr Brapgins decided to look for him, Accompanied by Mr Redding, he proceeded to the locality indicated, and after searching for some time was attracted by the barking of his dog to a place where there was a large log, Here he found a man named John Willett lying on his back, apparently in a very exhausted condition. The front of his clothes was saturated with blood, and in his hand he held , a razor. Thinking that they might do more harm than good by attempting to move him, they left him and gave information to the police. Constables Healy and Cullinane proceeded to the scene, and as matters looked serious, they simply took the razor out of Willett's hand, after which one of them went for medical aid. Dr. Hosking was, however, found to be absent from home,'and as Dr Beard declined to come, there was nothing left but to bring Willett down. This they succeeded in doing, and Dr Beard was then induced to come as far as his gate and adjust a bandage, the patient being ordered to the Hospital, where he was taken in a cart. Later in the day the wound.was examined by Dr Hosking and sewn 1 up, It was found to be a deep gash on the side of the throat, the razor having missed the larger veins, Nothing is known as to what could have induced "Willett to commit the foolish act. Since he got into a scrape some three or four months ago while under the influence of drink, he has been a total abstainer, Something was apparently troubling his mind, for he was seen wandering about the place whore he was found on the previous afternoon. He is a shoemaker by trade, and is about twenty-eight or thirty years of age. He has been lodging with his employer, Mr Leahy. By latest accounts received to day he is progressing favorably.