A DUNEDIN SUICIDE.
[«t TELEGI!\TU.— ASSOCIATION.] Dcnedik, Monday. As inawes' was held to-day touching the death of John Murray, commission agent, whose body was token from the harbour on Saturday. " The evidence was to the effect that lb deceased was reticent about Ins affairs, but had been depressed oi late, ah he was disappointed at not getting a position he applied for. He was 58 yea, oi *ge, and a native of Lurgan, Ireland. He was alive when first seen in the water by Mr. G. W. Crawford, engine-driver, who slipped -low., one of the piles of the whan, and held iij. his head until * boat came. The jury returned a verdict of suicide white* temporarily insane, and commended All. Crawford for las efforts in trying to save the life of deceased.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12861, 9 May 1905, Page 5
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132A DUNEDIN SUICIDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12861, 9 May 1905, Page 5
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