WIFE'S DREADFUL DISCOVERY.
HUSBAND'S THROAT CUT.
TRAGEDY IN
(By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.")
CHRISTCHURCH, thie day
Richard George Ellis (46), of Lin wood, died yesterday morning, when he was found with his throat cut with a razor. At about 10.30 a.m. his wife found him on his knees in the bedroom with blood streaming from his throat and a razor near him.
A doctor was summoned, but could only pronounce life extinct.
The deceased man was a storeman by occupation. He did not appear to be in good health during the past week. On Friday night he asked his wife for a razor. After breakfast yesterday his wrfe saw some blood in the dining-room, and upon following her husband into the bedroom found him as above described.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 199, 23 August 1926, Page 9
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