SUICIDE IN HOTEL
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHEISTCHUECH, April .8,
Simon Brophy, aged 41, lvas found in a small room adjoining tho bar at the Boyal Hotel on Friday, with his throat cut, and a razor .lying beside him. He ■was taken to the Public Hospital, whore ho died last evening.
An inquest wis held today before the Coroner, Mr. 11. A. Young, who returned ti verdict that Brophy died from a wound self-inflicted while suffering from epileptic fits.
Papers found on Brophy inclicatncl |-.hat. his last nddrcss Avas the .Public Works Department camp at Lake Bumncr,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 14
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96SUICIDE IN HOTEL Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 83, 9 April 1934, Page 14
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