The late Suicide at Woodville.

Hastings Standard, Issue 69, 16 July 1896, Page 2

The late Suicide at Woodville.

[To the Editor.] * Sik, —I greatly regret having to allude to the late sad tragedy at Woodville, where the unfortunate man Jack Curtis (the name we all knew him by) took his life ; but reading the account of the occurrence in last night's issue causes me to think that in writing it you have been actuated by too much kindness for certain parties who were prime movers in indirectly goading on the unfortunate man Curtis to commit the desperate deed of suicide. I say, without fear of contradiction, that the facts and circumstances that are connected with the late tragedy are an everlasting disgrace to the perpetrators. It is useless for the newspaper correspondents to try and disguise the true facts of the ease by drawing .the red herring of sympathy across the track. The public of Hastings are by this time conversant with the true circumstances and everything in connection with the above tragedy, and the prime movers may be justly proud of the result of their dastardly handiwork. As I do not intend alluding any more to this sad occurrence, it may perhaps save the time of some of your readers from taking up the cudgels in tiiis matter as I have written concrete fact-% —-I am, &c.,