SUICIDE AT WELLINGTON.
A COURT ORDERLY SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Prats Association. Electric Telegraph, Copyright, Wellington, July 17. Constable John S. Johnston, Court orderly at the Magistrate's Court, shot himself at 8.30 this morning, having tired two shots in the region of the heart. He is said to have been depressed of late, and was a severe sufferer from indigestion. Johnston was a wellknown footballer in Auckland and Wellington a few years ago, and generally popular. Some years back he was specially promoted for courage displayed in arresting a sailor who had shot a man, and was still armed with a revolver. ■ . ■
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 168, 17 July 1903, Page 3
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100SUICIDE AT WELLINGTON. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 168, 17 July 1903, Page 3
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