MAN FOUND DEAD.
. -PITIFUL .CIRCUMSTANCES. . A: man ; named John • Gannon ' was ; found dead at his home, No.' 11, Fcrnleigh Street, Ponsonby, last! evening. • The body was >, seen through a window by • a neighbour, who went to the house at six o'clock. The .■.,•. police. were'informed, and on entering the ; ; premises they found that. the - man - must ■■■-.■■ have, been dead for three days, at least. .... The | body was conveyed to the mortuary, .<.,.. where an inquest will be held by Mr. B. ~' C/Cutten/S.M., this morning., ■• Deceased was 37 years'of age, and was a . widower,vrith' three children,* who are now • inia'home..,: His wife died'*some= eight or nine .weeks ago. Since then he has dona no work, and his not been seen alive since September 25. .'; Scraps" of paper, ,on which are messages written ty-, deceased to his , mother-in-law, . indicate that he knew he was dying. •• Some of the writing is,quite , : illegible. .Gannon owned two houses, on • the rent'from'. which he has been living.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15730, 3 October 1914, Page 6
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159MAN FOUND DEAD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15730, 3 October 1914, Page 6
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