SAMPSON'S SUICIDE.
THE GAMBLING CURSE,
SECity Coroner (Mr J. C. Woore, J.P.) Mil," 11 ID<JDeat ab tho South Sydney tE s 0n o Ootobor nth ori thQ bodyof *J,7 c Sampson, the bookmaker, who B«iU 2 ! yin ß dead in the resorvo near the abnli fen Hotel > Co °Seo. Oct. 10, with luo °und in h»a h«ad. A verdict of oid. lteturned> In oneof thepockots i s clothoawas found the followWnßver:w llTttttersall>»Hotel, Pitt-street, '"hat j yreaßon for committing suicide and h» i ?nnot kee P away frora gambling y T* R horees- 1 have ]™t> all l se<tJ) run furthQf into debt since ISFV 61*- an.d aa 1 BBc no Pro" " Davinl- ? etterin ß my condition Mlaiit 5 wbab l °™ -I cotntobll! v this rash deed- I have no one %kL! myselfl Evorybody has been Wl h. vl mo> specially James Dobson ; lid Jr. Curae of the Rambler in me, till I'm .°. BtoP> 'n fact, am nevor ab rest W T • Play'D X cards or backing It, jh n all my olrt fr'en;lß at Tattor»»iit« m m fate tl)an tllftt which now 8 mo-TaEODORE Sampson."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 247, 18 October 1893, Page 5
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185SAMPSON'S SUICIDE. Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 247, 18 October 1893, Page 5
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