SUICIDE PACT
TBAGIO PIECE OF FOOLISHNESSS.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTHIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN . NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 19th July, 11 a.m.)
■, LONDON, 18th July. The story of a suicide pact was told at the inquest on Florence Jones, aged twenty. A statement made by Robert Sheppard^aged 23, was read. It showed that he and the girl lived together^ and contemplated marriage when she was 21. . Becoming depressed by their prospects, they mutually agreed to comnlit suicide by gas-poisohinsr. The »irl turned on the gas, asking Sbeppard to go to the next room and then follow. While he was waiting h e regretted his action, and returned to the room, but was too late. The jury found that the deceased was aided and abetted by Sheppard, who was committed, for trial.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 7
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128SUICIDE PACT Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 16, 19 July 1923, Page 7
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