SHOT WITH A REVOLVER.
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'■■.•.,; vJvr :;■;;- ' Chrlstohuroh, January' 41-.. ;: Early:,this ..morning' Thomas',.Margetts, builder and jpinery lloorKouse. Avenue, was .found• by ; ; his ; dead ia a workshop ; adjoining'his'bbusp. The deceased left.home ,on_-Sunday "at'.;4 'p.m., and not' returning: that .night,bis wifelwaited up for him, 'and at last ;decided ; :to "look in the ' Dr. Tal-. bot was : sonti for.> Hβ found a bullet wound! side,; just under the heart. A five■chamberedirevolver,: with, one chamber empty,, was found-;near. by._ .Deceased'.had evidently: placed.the' muzzle inside his: shirt, as -no, powder marks-were found on his clothing. An ? 'inquest!was hold'.at the Morgue.this afternoon by Mr ; H.'W. Bishop, District Cor-' oner.'After'hearing the evidence of Mrs. Margetts and Sergeant Keep, tho coroner recorded a verdict; that -deceased committed suioido, but there was 110 .ovidonoo to abow his state of mind-at , tho-time.. .: -...- .. ;-. ..- - ■-.-.-•• -■•
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 6
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133SHOT WITH A REVOLVER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 6
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