KILLED BY SHAME.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 177, 25 July 1908, Page 15

KILLED BY SHAME.

OARRISTERK DISASTROUS GAMBLING ITnnblp to pay his betting losses, Mr. William Itoweli Soratl :i barrister, shot himself in Trnfnlirnr-sruinre, London, and at the. inquest on Tuesday. June '.), the following letter from him to liis wife was rcart:— "You know the troul>k> I have been Roiiifc through, so you will understand :mi! forgive iinythinK 1 may do. '■Iloiii-sily. I do nul know nt this moment α-hai I am going u> do. ] Ihink one minute I will wait and sec the result or the interview with . uuii Uii- next feel us if no good will become- nf ii. | expvvt I shall wiilt all the same, bei-auHv it is easier to think about doing a thing than it is to i!o it. '■Yel I have been going about with the idea of suicide in my mind for the last fortnight, ami it has seemed like a year, lint 1 am afraid n> live, and am afraid to kill myself fur feat- some, tmexeppcteil flood fortune should arise. Twice lately i have gone out with a pistol in 11 parcel, nnil twice 1 have brought it home. 1 am so undecided." Mr. U. W. Uowe, a solicitor, said he had acted for .Mr. geratton. His affairs hud beeu involved for some time, but ho was a very sanguine, uopefuj man. li e possessed very large means in his time, and was always hoping for it stroke of good fortune. He had always boon honourable, and when witness told him he could not meet his liabilities that sppuied lo be (be last sti-iw Sir. *-»ttoa 1.-H1 always been a ««»* man . He lost his money at Kempton mu j was ashamed of himself for not beiug able to meet his liabilities. I The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide iusanity."