A Mystery in Dunedin.
[FROM OUE OWN COKRESPONDKKT.]
DUNEDIN, this day. A STRANGE affair is being enquired into by tho police this morning. On the Southern Recreation were found a woman's dress, broach, earrings, and a1 letter signed "Mary Prescott," addressed to her family, in which the writer says "iv conse* quence of friends having been false to her she intends doing away with herself." The things were found alongside the waters cd K e. They have since been identified as belonging to Mary Prescott, aged 20, who recently quarrelled with her lover and threatened to commit suicide. The police are now investigating whether it is a hoax or not.
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Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3219, 13 November 1880, Page 2
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