A LEEDS LOVE TRAGEDY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 22, 26 January 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)

A LEEDS LOVE TRAGEDY.

A tragic story of faithless love comes from Leeds. Squire Green, a young fellow about 25 years of age, son of a florist and nurseryman in a good way of business, had for some eight years past been paying 4 his addresses to a young lady named Harriet Gray, who lives with her mother at Garforth, the village in which Green's parents reside.

The lady, as it proved, "trusted too fondly and her lover proved false. So much so that on December 11, when her claim for damages came before the Sheriff's Court at Leeds, her advocate described the story as being one of the most pitiful ever brought to the notice of a jury.

For eight years the couple had kept company, a marriage license was taken out, the wedding ring bought, and a house actually taken.and furnished, but at the last minute the girl was thrown over and Green took up with a new love.

Green was not represented at the Sheriff's Court, nor did he appear, and Miss Gray was awarded £350 damages.

On Wednesday he was found hanging dead in one of his father's shops in Leeds. He was in the shop on Tuesday evening, when his father left, and later he did not, as usual, return home to Garforth.

The medical opinion was that the suicide had taken place on the previous night. According to statements made by Mr Green, sen., it was not until late on Tuesday night that the family became aware of the proceedings in the Sheriff's Court When he left business his son appeared to be quite cheerful, and, moreover had teleuhoned to his sister asking her 'to have some tea ready, for him ■when he came home. , -