SUICIDE AT PETONE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 2

SUICIDE AT PETONE.

'•'■A-'.-'niarried- : : ;woman: 'na'nied'" | Esth« i v Miriam 'Muller: was'found;: bj-yier ?nus-; .=■ ~bnnd -hanging'•'from. 1 , the . roof;.:pf /_the;. waehliouse'of their house in Ryan.. Street, - MoneV soon- after midday.: on .Saturday. > ;tife -.was": extinct,;.' and /an", inquest :,waa : ; 'held'.by Dr.i M'Arthur./coroner, :atPetone.!, ;yosterday:morning. , .;?' v :. : .^ i ':.-.^iyf: i g;-;/.V':;:';/ -Jacob' Mullor,'husband/of - :the/..-de-..; oeaseJ, and a weaveriby trade; gave.evidetice thatf-he last' saw ,Bis wife -alive; about' 7)' a.m..on:Saturday,-Then.:lie,;;left •for■ '.work/'/;' She': r got'.his. breakfast-/for.; him' that v morning/. '/-OnV-the:.; previous/; day sliehad ; :been very low-spjrited.v-bhe., hod"been' : twice/in; the hospital during- ; the ia«t.'six ; :months,-/and..had.-underßpne:;.. two "operations, ..the second; being/, about three months agoV:\When .'witness .arrived y. ■homeat',l2:s;p.m. bn'.Saturdayj'lie.found;::. crying. in /the' kitchen/ twbaby/f rqm.: the -, /receiving,, nqme,.'.' Wellington, whom; me .: : :«-ife had:': been' minding,-' andr.who waa;.' 'to have' been': taken/back..that/afternoon. 'He' did .'not ; see.: his • wife, - and, i'thinkinff; ; ehe7,\fas in ..the .washhbuEc,; .wentjio.^it:and found it lpckedijwith.a;piece,of oloth ■ against i the , ; . the '/ cloth aside, witness saw his. wife, hanging ■ from - the -roof.- He 'cnlled.for .help;- and;, : Mr: ! Stanford.came and■ opened.the.wash— ; 'housed and . then -',went.'; for, :■ ttei police. ■ Witness; ; did: not; cut. the-body;, down.", Thcy'-'conlil ■sco' , that ' the woman, .was.; dead.',' She/had 'said! nothing that-would..; lead'him. to beli6Ye.she:.would'.take:her:'.. bwni : life".VSltr.^as/her:pwfl(;desire:;.that : :v the fl'hild Should : .l?e.taken: : away.,- : , AVjt-.;, ness and his wife had:no.family:of: their',. 1 'own. His wife had. been working in the ■ ■ mill • -tall'; She -'.went to \> the hospital: last ■..: '■ JulwV-v-':S'<'\\'--' '■'■■■• : '-.>.'-'v'i ;;-':'-,■''','••:■•'■■■■-•.-.' : ,- Thomas: Albert: Stanford, .6lai3ghterman, ■;: "and Sarah' Stanfprd.'-his *|f & . gave.corro- ■;; J". ;';/■:»- : :/: ; ;;://:-;■ ■ Sergeant Fprstefvldescribed, the ; position ~ in-'-wnjph'-thp were/.no'i'mirks:of:violence, .except', that.'; enused by the rope. , ;' The woman had..ap- t pofently-. been:.dead.'about:.three- 'hours. ,•.'. : .; A' verdiot;wns returned ceafed. had committed ,sniei<k ;by' : hanging , ■while'-'in a" state of /temporarily ;mind:;; ; v;-i.--:: ; -> : ;;%-/ :, ;^.'iV;^-:.;v^i-:;;\::..