CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1840, 22 April 1884, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday.

Mr i) ck goes North l>y the Wanaka this e\ cuing. Major Atkinson will speak in Christchinch on Fiiday next. Monday. The dead body of a mail with a b.illet wound in the head was found in the Hagley Park y^Urday. Fioin a letter on the 1)0 ly ie a,)peus that deceased was John Ki/si'uvll. His brothei, James Rost'W'oll, i^ in ing in S^denha n. and his wif" at I)u\onjiiji t. England. In a letter w l.ich w as wiysxd reading the unfortunate wtitei *et out that he had Won in the llojal M.n ine "-ervice, md soiiie four \eais ago was in\ ihd: j d through blood-poison-ing v men tlien he hid snflVieJ gieatlv, es[jeei ill\ fiom puns in t lie hea I He oa'nc lieie in the lonic, arriving a few weeks ago, but though hitter on the voviisi , lit; iooii had a i elapse of his old in ilady. Failing to <.it relief from \a 1 ion* doctois he applied to, he spent the la^fc iiiopcv ho had (£.2) in the purcli ise of a HMols'pr, with the intention of di shoving hi-i'seif. as ho desp.urod o r p\ei obtaining relief fiom his pain. He wiote tl c fiist part of his letter on Apiil 7th, on which day he intended to shoot himself, but went to a. dnmErist and then to Dr Towiwend. and finally was admitted to the Hospitxi. No relief followed however, and iie says th it he falsely stated he was better in order to get out of the Hospital, and on Apiil 15th, the date of the second portion of the letter, he appears to have canned out the intention with which he bought the revolver.