SUICIDE NEAR NELSON, [BY ASSOCIATION. ] Ne lson , Last Night.
$$, m<s JTiie QoldmWs correspondent at Motueka, |hal^vired*tj|ie,^ji}bvvi«g message :-l"T/ |B. Bfom/lfi^^retircd paymaster'in the Britislr*N!i\«sr who had nob been jseen since 11 o'clock last night, has just been found drowned nt the bottom of the ijiver, between the bridge and Mr Stable's honae. A note was found under? his pillow this morning expressing ""his intention of destroying himself, the supposed cause being that an information for indecent exposure against him would be heard next court day. The deceased was much respected, It appears ,that the information for indecent exposure tyid^ against that gentlemen was so laid upon ridiculously weak grounds, and that there eaa 4be little* doubt He*would'Hnive been honorably acquitted,,but the thing preyed"' on his mind. - ' ' i /
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1745, 11 September 1883, Page 2
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126SUICIDE NEAR NELSON, [BY ASSOCIATION.] Nelson, Last Night. Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1745, 11 September 1883, Page 2
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