SUICIDE AT ASHBURTON
ASHBURTON, April 24
An inquest was held at Ashburton to-day, before Mr V. G. Day, District Coroner, touching the death of Charles Edwin Jeffs, a married man, 45 years of ago, who was found lying dead in en outhouse last evening, with a bloodstained razor in his hand, and his throat cut across from ear to ear. The evidence went to chow that deceased had always been a most steady and industrious man, and had always lived most happily with his family. He was in fairly prosperous circumstances, and was not known to have had any financial troubles. No reason could be assigned for his having taken JiU own life. He left a letter, addresse-d to his wife, saying that he was tired of his life, and bidding his wife and family goc-d-bye. Tho Coroner remarked that tlio only reason that could bo assigned w.u that the deceased had suddenly been overcome by a fit of temporary insanity, and returned a verehct that he had committed suicide while temporarily insane.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14338, 25 April 1912, Page 9
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