A SAD SUICIDE

Evening Star, Issue 18137, 29 November 1922, Page 10

A SAD SUICIDE

HIS WIPE ESTRANGED. » COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT HER.” Pathetic evidence was given at Wanganui at the inquest on Douglas Earles, 'ihe deceased, an old and well-known rcs:had for some time given way to dink, as the result of which he lost a ui tailoring business. His wife on Monday obtained a separation order, which . "irently broke his heart, as he was very > i of Wr and the family. His wife, \va- of a nervous disposition, and a i ' sufferer through illness, was also ! of her husband, but her health forbade the continued worry. Earlca went to the police sergeant and begged him to urge his wife to hold on till Juno next, wl em. if Prohibition wore carried, _he i bought they-could live together happily. His wife, however, went on with the separation, and Earles, calling at a local chemist's on his way from the court, bought prussic add, which he took after reaction g home. Before taking the fatal step he wrote a pathetic note to his wife saying he could not live without her, and acknowledging that his weakness was the cause of all | tie trouble. He concluded: “ Good-bye. Will meet you all in heaven." A second Hotter, also addressed to his wife, timed 12.35 (half an hour before ho _ was found dead), ran: “ I hope Prohibition will be carried. Sly will ie just the same for you Be my love was. I cannot live without ym and the children.—(Signed) Daddy." Directions regarding his funeral were also given, including a request that a post card .portrait of his wife be put in the coffin. The verdict was .that deceased committed suicide during a period of mental depression.