SUICIDE.
RAILWAY CARPENTER'S END.
Prest Association.—By Tefegrapk Ohristchurcb, Last Night.
Henry Spencer, a railway carpenter, agei 39 years residing at Lower Riccarton, was found hanging dead this morning in the wash house. He had used a wire clothes line for the purpose. At the inquest it was stated that deceased had a nervous breakdown two months and a half ago, and had suffered from insomnia. He came out of the hospital yesterday afternoon, and slept in a separate room, and on I.is wife invesigating tlis morning she found him as already described.
A vei ict was rtturnei that decommitted suioide by hanging himself whilst in a state of unsound mind.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2025, 15 September 1913, Page 5
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110SUICIDE. Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2025, 15 September 1913, Page 5
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