AN INEXPLICABLE SUICIDE

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 5

AN INEXPLICABLE SUICIDE

. J BY YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN. ; OCCURKKXCE AT XE\YMARKET\_ A case of suicide occurred at MaungaI whau Road, Xewmarket, yesteriliiy afternoon, when Mary Alice Bare, wife ■of F. \V. Hare, a teacher at the AvonI dal<; School, hanged herself in the i dining-room of her home. Mr. Hare left home yesterday mnrnI ing at S o'clock, and returned, nfter i school at ."> p.niv When he went in at the back door he called out to hie little giri I aged two years four months* t«/ ! pet his slippers. Tie got a reply fron: ! the dining-room, the child saying: '. "Daddy, poor Mum." He went to the i dininji-ronm door, but could not. open it -on account of some weight against it. I Then he went out and broke the window ito get into the room. Arrived there, ! he saw his wife hanging by the neck on i a strap that was jammed in the top of ; thi' door. 110 lilted the body down, and found tlifit his wife was dead. Evidently the little girl had witnessed the ! aiiifid;-, and been in the room ever sine;-. An inc]Ue«t was held this morning, before Mr. E. C. Otitten, S.M., when the 1 husband stated that his wife and child ! weie ai.im- in the house, and when he * ! left home yesterday morning hiss wife 1 seemed in excellent health. She had of i late been lining weight, and had the I appearance of bi-ins run down. He had I searched the house, but could get no i trace of any letter or writing from his wife. She was 34 years of age. j Dr. Hull stated that he had attended ; Mrs. Hare since the birth of the child, I and had found her always bright and i sensible, and on very good terms with ; her husband. He saw the body yesteri day in the dining-room, and was of ! opinion that death had occurred several I hours before. He also thought, the act I could take place as described, and that lit could not have been accidental. The \ only reason he could suggest was that i deceased had been worrying about her i husband's state of health, as he had nnr, ! been well- Death was due to suffoca- ! tion, the result of hanging, and from the : fact that the woman took her life in the ! presence of the child he was satisfied ' that her mind was unhinged at the j time. A verdict was returned in accordance j with the medical testimony.