SIR HOWARD SPICER.
VERDICT OF SUICIDE. (BT CABLI—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) (BEUTEB'S TELEGHAIIS.) LONDON, August 20. At the inquest on Sir Howard Spieer, a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned. [Sir Howard Spicer, vice-chairman of Spicers, Ltd*, paper manufacturers, went to a hotel in the vicinity of the Strand, in which ho was a large shareholder. He locked himself in a room which had been reserved for the directors. Later he was found dead, and on investigation he was found to have been shot. Decoased had suffered from attacks of' influenza in recent months. Sir Howard, who was created a Knight of the Order of the British Empire, in 1918, was 54 yuars old. He was joint managing director of the firm bearing, his name. He was also a director of United Newspapers, Ltd., and the Edinburgh "Evening News."]
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18777, 23 August 1926, Page 10
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