LOVER'S GOOD-BYE
SUICIDE ■ FOLLOWS CHASE. " ' ; /r LONDON. May 1. ' IJohn Smith, ~ a schoolmaster ;at Oxton,; 1 0 Nottinghamshire/ climbed into 7 his ; sweet- .' 6 ' heart's bedroom, carrying a - gun,/ and ; / • 8 said: ••/.■'dome and say, good-bye to me; I. am going to shoot 'myself.'' . " A - ; ■ /'/.;, ■; ■■ The - sweetheart, a ; pretty ; girl ;of 20, - / /: screamed, and jSmith jumped . from the window. / Neighbours gave chase . arid ■■• ? then | Smith / stooped,' held ,up • his/ hand, /• '?• and while -his pursuers halted, * placed the !< muzzle of his gun to his mouth and blew , t off, the top of his head. > . j v.-; - • ; ••■'■J •'-.-'V -•■' • /•--• r :;• J-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 9
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