A SAD AFFAIR.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2459, 20 June 1893, Page 2

A SAD AFFAIR.

A pamfnl sensation wai created on Monday, when it beoame known tbat Mri F. H. Brett, of Normanby, bad died suddenly, under oiroumstances which pointy suicide. It appears that M« Brett J^as for some, months been ill, and. from; what Dr O'Carroll said to h»r husband, it was feared an absent wu forming on tbe brain. She rafferaoV ' interne pain in the head, and for a long time past had been triable to get iltep except by the me of opiates. It came 4©- . the knowledge of Mr Brett that, in htr distraction, the was taking extrjfcrdintry . doßas of laudanum, and £ he put a check «n ■' her? and generally the family kepLft pretty - close watch on her. On MoftKy 4bont mid-day she was miwedi and onsearefr being made she was discovered returning » from Normanby, bat wane entered into ' conversation about ordinary busioeu matters no farther anxiety was felt. On arrival home ebe retiridPto her room to rest, and sometime latnfwas discovereddead. Search led to tbej discovery of a tl rough on rates " package, and a note- in pencil from deceased, stating, it is understood, tbat she had suffered bo much from pain and want of Bleop.ttiat she had taken tbe poison, and bia*dW »H Rood byt. ' Great sympathy is ftli m Mr Brett and family. ; - >