A MASTERTON SUICIDE.
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A short-time ago a man who went by the name of Homy Priestinan committed suicide at Maaterton bv shooting himself. A recent Englidli paper says that his fall name was Henry Whalley Priestman, and lh»t he wjb tye suqoessfol oialwant In tbte Whalley "willokae, r wh'ich 'attracted "si good deal of attention about, si £ : y ears since, Priestmaa wn'jj the natfjraj sqn of a Mr Wballoy, who died leaving a fortune of £Qo,ooft. Tyro men came, forward with what purported, to be a will in their favour, but Priestman, then a clerk in the Midland Railway offices at Derby, lesietei their claim, and, after considerable litigation he was successful, andjhg men were ultimately convictefl^fl!*i ; com.piracy. The amount received by frk'stmati, after payment'# legal ohargee, wag between 4!3Q,OQQ and 440,000. JVith this he'sltterta into speculation on' the turf; and'mort extensively en the Stock 1 Exchange, the reaujt being that in fiVo years his fortune had' disappeared. He then to' New ' &alahd, Ijaviug jnean'tiine married, '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3961, 12 November 1891, Page 2
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169A MASTERTON SUICIDE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3961, 12 November 1891, Page 2
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