Singular Suicide. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH , OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, Last Night.
Petkr Hodgk Kirk, an expressman, has committed suicide by hanging. On his body a letter was found, stating that the cause of the rash act was separation from his wife and family. Last week his wife sued him for maintenance. The letter in question added: "I suppose the jury will bring in a verdict of insanity, but I am not insane, and never was. "
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1385, 19 May 1881, Page 2
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74Singular Suicide. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Dunedin, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1385, 19 May 1881, Page 2
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