MERCHANT'S SUICIDE.
SHOCK AT WIFE'S! DEATH. (United Press Association— Copyright) SYDNEY, February 18. An estate valued at £30,000 was left by Mr Victor Clement Black, aged 44, a well-known city manufacturer, who was recently found gassed in his office. On the door of the room in which he committed suicide he left a note warning people of the danger of gas. At the inquest, Mr Black's brother gave evidence that deceased's wife had died in December as the result of an overdose of ijv sleeping draught, and that her death was a groat shock to her husband. The Coroner, returning a verdict of suicide, said it would appear that Mr Black's' action was caused through illhealth f:itd a nervous state following the death of his wife.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19350219.2.28
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 110, 19 February 1935, Page 5
Word Count
126MERCHANT'S SUICIDE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 110, 19 February 1935, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in