YOUNG MAN’S SUICIDE.
DISAGREEMENT WITH A GIRL. (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, This Day. That death was due jto poison selfadministered was the Coroner’s verdict at an inquest this morning on Victor Charles Whittaker, a single man, aged 21, a farm labourer employed near Gore. Deceased’s married sister deposed that he went to her house last Sunday, looking depressed, stating he had had a disagreement with a girl with whom he had been keeping company at a place near Gere. Yesterday she went to town, leaving him alone in the house.
The police evidence disclosed the finding of a .bottle of poison and a letter expressing intention to commmit suicide.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19380519.2.60
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 185, 19 May 1938, Page 5
Word Count
109YOUNG MAN’S SUICIDE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 185, 19 May 1938, 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