SUICIDE OF A DRILL INSTRUCTOR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2587, 2 May 1887, Page 2

SUICIDE OF A DRILL INSTRUCTOR.

(united pbess association.) WanOASuj; April 80. At two o'clock this- morning DrillInstructor Henry committed suicido « by shooting himself with;.* 1 carbine. I The deceased had heertvaomewhat >. depressed for Borne-days owing to the feet that the Defence Department had given him notice he would have to be transferred; He had beenrepqrtedby Colonel Stapp lot some trifling irregularities, and there has been for some timo continual misunderstandings between them. Last night ho wai about town as usual, and: got homo about 1 o'clock. Between'that hour ■ and two .he maintained intelligent conversation with his wife and family, and then went into the sitting room and shpfc himself. He evidenly aimed at his heart but missed, as the ball came out under the left arm, and wont through the wall of tbe'room. The deceased was one of the smartest drill instructors, and had been a sergeant in the 18th Regiment inl ; the-colony. An inquest is to be held to-day;