STRANGLED IN CELL.
POLICE DISCOVERY AT TIMARU. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) TIMARU, Last Night. Shortly before 7.110 this morning, a man held on a charge of theft strangled himself in a cell at the Timaru Police Station with the aid of a towel and the .bedclothes. Prisoner was Joseph Owen Green, 26 years of age, an unemployed man, 'who yesterday before the Court was charged with stealing £2. Bail was allowed, but accused was unable to find the surety of £SO and remained in custody. A constable looked in the cell early this morning and saw Green 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 w’as found tied round his neck and drawn tight at the back. Deceased is believed to be a native of Gore.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 June 1936, Page 5
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