WOMAN'S SAD DEATH.
VICTIM OF DEPRESSION. j SUICIDE BY DROWNING. : Distressing circumstances attended the death of Mrs. Elsie- Rboda James, a£«d 43, of Franklin Road, Ponsonby $ wlK,'&e body was found yesterday float ing near the shore in St. Mary's Bay. At an inquest held yesterday afternoon, John Charles James said his wife had been in failing health for about six months, being at times rathe? strange in her manner. She hadlperiods -of rather severe depression. ' When he awoke at -about 6.15 a.m. yesterday he missed -h_ifrom the room. Be went down »to St. Mary's Bay, in company with Mr. P. A. Smith, a motor engineer, and they founl the body of his wife in the watd'e. On January 10-she left home about 9 p.m., and he found her about 2 a.m. the rext morning wandering on St. Mary'ji Beach. She said she was watching the moon. She was then in a demented condition.. Dr. W. H. Horbon said he- had at- J tended the deceased since the middle of October. She had been mentally depressed, but was not- sufficiently ill to be ] , sent to a mental hospital. She was very well taken care of and was improving. ( Tho coroner returned a verdict of subside by drowning while mentally depressed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18299, 16 January 1923, Page 9
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