SOLICITOR'S SUICIDE.
(»t caslt—paess AasociATiay—corw<urr) (AVBTJULTAX AXO X.Z. CA9LS ASSO«ATIW|.) (Received September 24th, 7.20 p.m.) » LONDON, September 23. At the inquest on Mourilyan (a Surrey solicitor who was found dead with his head insido tho oven of a gas cooker) his wifo admitted that she quarrelled with deceased tho day before his death. Deceased had au extraordinarily wigovernablo temper. A previous wifo (he had had three altogether), interrupting, shouted. *l won't let you run him down, yon wicked woman." Tho interjector was removed from tho Court in hysterics. Replying to tbo Coroner, the wife denied assaulting her husband with the - tongs. Tho Coroner read a passage from deceased's last letter declaring, "I have no doubt that cruel, cunning wifo of mine will put all the blame upon me. It is not true." The Coroner, summing up, said he thought the wifo was not as terriblj to blame as tho letter hinted. Tho verdict returned was suicide whilo of unsound mind.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18187, 25 September 1924, Page 9
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