SUICIDE OF COFFEE STALL ATTENDANT
A SECOND TRAGEDY. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. With the top of his head blown off, Alfred King, a middle aged man, was found dead' in a sleeping hut at thai rear of Mr. R. Musson’s bakery yesterday. King was formerly in charge of one of Musson’s coffee stalls. He was found lying on the floor of the hut with a shotgun across Ms chest. Somo weeks ago, another employee Was found dead in another sleeping hut, a verdict of suicide being returned. At the inquest into the death of King to-day, evidence was given by fellow employees that he . had been worried and depressed lately, owing to his indifferent health. The Coroner (Mr. E. C. Levvey S.M.) returned a verdict of suicide. '
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6992, 19 August 1929, Page 6
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129SUICIDE OF COFFEE STALL ATTENDANT Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6992, 19 August 1929, Page 6
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