TRAGEDY IN GAOL
Man Found Strangled (By Telegraph—Brosa Association.) TIM ABU, June 18. A cell in the Timaru police station was the scene of a tragedy shortly before 7.30 this morning, when a man held on a charge of theft strangled himself with the aid of a towel and bedclothes. The victim was Joseph Owen Green, aged 26, unemployed who yesterday appeared before the Court charged with stealing £2. Bail Was allowed, but the accused was unable to find a surety of £5O and remained in custody. A constable looked in the cell early this morning and saw Green lying apparently asleep. He went back later to clean up, and on going to rouse Green found him with the blankets over his head and his face buried in the pillow. A towel was found tied round his neck and drawn tight at the back. The deceased is believed to have been a native of Gore.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 158, 19 June 1936, Page 7
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