DETERMINED SUICIDE.
; MAXC! lIAXGS HIMSELF. J (By Telegrnph.—Own Ci.rrp.-poinlenf.) XGA.RUAWAHIA this day. j At 4 p.m. on the 3rd in-t.. word was , received by the Xgaruawahia police Uiat j the body of a man was suspended to a. I willow tree on the Waikato River bank, I between Xgaruawahia and Taupiri. t'onj stable Wade went out and, with assistance, removed Hie body to Xgaruawahia., I ponding an inquest. There was noshing ; ! whatever on the body to enable identity ito be established. The suicide was a. most determined act, the body being s**- >; ponded by a wire noose round the mvk. i ! well eeeured to the tree. The body U I : that of a man about 55 or till yonrs of j J age. white hair. sft fin high, medium , ! build, well clothed in blue font and vpst. > j grey pants, pood boots, lieaw w.iolli-ii : : singlet and undferpants, celluloid collar, i J u)>per iair-e teeth. There is a war !on the right forearm, lie \va< m -linikiT , I and wore The police would like " i iniurmatloii that will to c<a-"li-!- ---_ I the man's identin.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 5
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183DETERMINED SUICIDE. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 5
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