DETERMINED SUICIDE.
DEATH BY ASPHYXIATION'.
[m TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.]
CHRIST/CHURCH, Monday. A hetirei) business man, Mr. Henry R. T. Matson, was found dead on Saturday evening in a house formerly occupied by him at Papanui. Evidence at the inquest showed that deceased was found lying in a room with three unlighted gas jets turned on. Medical evidence stated that the deceased suffered severely from neurasthenia, and this probably affected bis mind. A verdict was returned that death was due to asphyxiation by coal gas, deceased having committed suicide while'temporarily insane. Mr. Matson was 51 years of age and was formerly a member o'f tho firm of H. Matson and Company.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16796, 12 March 1918, Page 6
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