A TRAGIC SUICIDE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 18 November 1911, Page 8

A TRAGIC SUICIDE.

BX-DETECTIVE BENJAMIN SHOOTS

HIMSELF

PALMERSTON N., Nov. 17. Ex-Detective Lionel Benjamin, well known in various parts of the .Dominion, and who was stationed at various times at Christchurch, "Wellington, Wanganui and Napier, shot himself at his residence this evening. He had apparently been in normal spirits, and had been busy all day rearranging his house. After dinner he went to his room, and put a revolver bullet to his temple. He remained alive at the hospital unconscious until after eleven o'clock, when ne died.

So far no reason is assigned, but it is said that Benjamin, who had kept himself in fine condition by physical culture since he left the force five years ago, had suffered recently from internal pains. He leaves a widow, two sons, and a stepdaughter.