MISSING MAN'S BODY.
FOUND WITH THROAT CUT BOY'S GHASTLY DISCOVERY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) XEW PLYMOUTH, this day.
Tlie body of Xorman Gilbert, who has beeu missing since August 22, was found in Pukekura Park yesterday by a High School boy, among some shrubs in an unfrequented spot. His throat was severely cut, and his left arm slashed, evidently with a razor, which was found alongside the body.
A note, written in pencil, and enclosed in an envelope, stated: '"So sorry this had to happen. It had to be.' . Deceased, who was at one time a dentist, and afterwards a fairmer, had been in bad health.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 205, 30 August 1926, Page 6
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