A BOY'S SUICIDE.
BLOWS HIS BRASH OUT. AFTER HE HAD BEE3C PCOTBHEa (By Telegraph.— Own CorreapontetJ CAMBRIDGE, this day. An inquest was opened this morning before Mr. Dickenson (Acting-Coroner) and a jury o n the body of Charles.Edmund Morse, aged 15, youngest son of Mr. Robert Morse, retired contractor,, and youngest child o! a family of 14. The father deposed as to the identity of. the body, and the inquest was then; ad* journed till Friday next. It seems: thai' the father had occasion to chastise tin. boy yesterday afternoon ifl eonnsetioß with complaints made about his conduct and lectured him, pointing ont that U hj» continued to misbehave it would probably lead to proceedings being taien against him. The boy shortly after obtained a gun, went into the kitchen garden, and, putting the gun to hi! right temple, fired, blowing his brains out,
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 32, 6 February 1912, Page 4
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