SOLDIER'S SUICIDE
CUTS THROAT WITH RAZOR, <By Telegrapn. —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, ilonday/" Private Francis Edward Ryan, of the 34th Eeinforcements, committed suicide at Featherston Camp on Saturday by, cutting his throat with a razor. Tlie deceased reported sick on returning from Christmas leave, and was admitted to the camp hospital suffering from gastritis. Nothing unusual was. noticed about his toehaviour, but on Saturday morning he got out of bed and was ordered back by a sergeant. Some time afterwards two privates in the ward saw tiirn in the act of cutting his throat. They eumoned the sergeant, and a struggle followed, the sergeant sustaining had cuts on the arm. The razor wa3 secured, but Ryan's injuries were so serious that he died in a few minutes. The deceased, who came from Middlesex, leaves a. widow and an infant.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 13, 15 January 1918, Page 3
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