INQUESTS ON SUICIDES.
(VBaasAaeooutxoir tslboram.) AUCELANB. Aoguit 24. At tbe inqnest on the body of J. Aitkea Connell, m verdict trae rettaaed tEai deceased died by shootiflg himaelf with a revolver. The post mortem showed death had been instantaneous, the skull being badly fractured in two places. A bull aog revolrer vna found, loaded in four chambers, WELLINGTON, Avgtut 24. The inquesfi cm Robt Burgess, who shot hiroeelf near Johnsonville, disclosed the fectthat he was of a melancholy disposi* tion, end one brother and two sisters had been inmates of asylums, though now to covered. The paper which he took with him to read happened to contain Mr Aitkea Connell's «nsktes«Bd il! is sappoaed the ua> fgrtouate yQOQg man was prompted by tbi| to fpDpw % example, as a gun ready loaded was jfi. th^*ibom- -', A .yeroict was returnee} iW9M#9#*'V-V.-- "■■ ; ■ ; *■'•■■■■■. , : : '<'
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7949, 25 August 1891, Page 5
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139INQUESTS ON SUICIDES. Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7949, 25 August 1891, Page 5
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