ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2073, 28 July 1896, Page 2

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

A man named Tht>s. Davis, aged £4, was diFcovered Ly Mr AS. Birdling in hitent at Keotin's Bay about 10 o'clock on Friday wi'h his throat cot. A rozor and butcher's knife were found'by trim covered io blood. The dee& bnd app-raotfybefin done some hourß, and although Dms had'Jost a great deal of blood, he was able to speak when found. Mr Birdling it'on'oe proceeded to River to inform the Police, and astbe road was all under water in eon-pquerice of the . bit?h> ; .tite of'the Lake, this was rather a di'ffj cult tack. Constable Ryan communictt id ■ with. Dr. Morris, and they returned wi h Mr Birdling as quickly as possible. On arrival- at the tent the doctor found that a large gash had been inflicted in the throat. In the mean time, Messrs Chapman, R°ed, Ntitb and Joblin manned Mr NutPs beat, and sailed down the Like to Ker tii'a 8.y..-with a jjew of bringing Davis to the ho'el. As the Lake road was flooded there was no other mean* of ge ting otlt of-the Bay. # The following;; morning he was taken' by Constable Ryan to the Christchurch 'Hospital; where, from latent 'nrConrita, he'was. progressing favourably alihoagjh'-very weak from loss of blood,.

D vis was camped by bin.«olf in the bush at 't l >e back of Mr Birdling'a teridence. from whom be had taken, a contract to fell come scrub and he has been working et it when the weather permitted. Tbe only reason that can be assigned for tba rafih act ia tbnt the old rain hr-ins* confined to his tent, he became melancholy and made this attempt on bis life. Davh has alwAys been known as an honear, hard-wording man.