ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
SAVED BY CHARWOMAN.
Impecunious, homeless, and friendless, James Vernon McKenzie, a former employee of the Lower Hutt Borough Council, decided to end his life by poisoning himself with gas. The timely arrival of a charwoman prevented the execution of the design, and when ho appeared in the Wellington Magistrate's Court, after a week's remand for treatment, ho quietly admitted a charge of attempted suicide. In a statement to the Bench, accued said that even if he were discharged his position would not be any better than previously. . „ , ~ According to Sub-Inspector Cummings, accused had been, employed by the Borough Council for about three years. A recent decision by the local authority to dispense with the services of single men had caused him to become despondent, and on Saturday morning he entered the Borough Chambers and, turning on the gas and covering himself with a sheet, he endeavoured to do away with himself. His Worship: Is he fit to have his liberty now ? . . .. Sub-Inspector Cummings: Yes; he is all ri Tho magistrate remanded accused for a few days," and recommended that he remain in the care of the Salvation Army in the meantime.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18566, 26 November 1923, Page 7
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