Tired of Life

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7842, 20 May 1904, Page 6

Tired of Life

(Per Press Association)

THAMES, May 19. At the inquest on Edgar Hall, 24 years o f age, found in the harbour tins afternoon, evidence was' given to the effect that the deceased. w a s in good employment and health and spirits, and no reason was assigned for taking his own life. As a matter of fact he was joking almost to the last.. When the body, was found the-hands'were closely tied with a handkerchief, but in such a position as to render it qxtitc impossible that deceased had done this himself. There were wounds near the eyes, 'but medical evidence was to the effect that they were caused by crabs. The Loi-oner described the case as mysterious and inexplicable and one where a young "man takes his life for no apparent reason. A verdict, of found drowned was returned. Deceased's relatives live in the Selwyn district, Canterbury.

' A . • AUCKLAND, May 19. A determined attempt at suicide was made this afternoon in the bquare, Rotorua, by a man named ■kmil Schubert, '40 years of ao-e. Schubert, who is a plumber, has only been in the colony two months. Ihe report of a revolver was heard, and Schubert was seen to fall from his seat. The police were at once communicated with, and they found the man had shot himself with a small revolver just below the heart. Medical men are unable to say whether ' the wound will prove fatal. Schubert gave as 1/he reason for committing the deed, that he had spent all his money and he had no friends in the colony.