SUICIDE IN DUNEDIN.
? [.united pbeßs association.] Dunedin, This Day. Peter Hodge Kirk, an expressman, committed suicide by hanging himself last night. On his body a letter was found, stating that the cause of the act was his separation from his wife and family. Last week his wife sued him for maintenance. The letter added, "I suppose the jury will bring in insanity, but 1 am not insane, and never was."
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 115, 18 May 1881, Page 2
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70SUICIDE IN DUNEDIN. Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 115, 18 May 1881, Page 2
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