WAS IT SUCIDE?
BODY OF A SYDNEY WOMAN FOUND IN : : ... A WOOD. TOOK MORPHIA—WAS DEPRESSED. BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Rec. Jan. 9i 10.10 p.m.) London, January 9. , Tho police are satisfied that the body of a .woman,, which'.was found on October 10 in Wroxall; Woods, Goring, is that' of a Sydney lady wiio disappeared in May during a state of • depression,' owing, it is alleged, to iho stoppage of hier allowance. A relation. has identified a gold studded hair-comb, aiid two lady acquaintances have identified a silver buckle and clothes. Death is attributod to an overdose of morphia. A hypodermic syringe was found on tho body/ . !
', A FRIEND'S STORY. . (Rec; Jan. 9, 10.35 p.m.) London, January 9. The "Daily Mail" states that the body found at Goring ".is '-that of Mrs. Dolly Scott Harden, reported to bo the wife of a Sydney solicitor. ''- . ■: - Ai friend of hers says she tried—and failed —to earn a living by! her pen or by tho stage. She sometimes took' morphia to relievo acute neuralgia.: l ■; /, . ■* • Her friend received a letter from her on Slay 9,stating, that,she' intended .to commit suicide, a3 she was terribly pressed', and was reluctant to live upon friends' charity.- ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 91, 10 January 1908, Page 7
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198WAS IT SUCIDE? Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 91, 10 January 1908, Page 7
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