INSURANCE AGENT'S DEATH
gun found beside body. [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHKISTCHURCH, Monday. An insurance agent, Mr. Ernest Smith, aged 51, was found dead this morning at his residences in Christchurch with a gun alongside tho body. An inquest was opened this afternoon and was adjourned for medical evidence. Mrs. Ellen Jane Smith, wife of deceased, said her husband never seemed worried, and had never spoken of committing suicide. H.i had complained of pains in the hack and side, and seemed nervy. He had had mental trouble, having been under observation in a mental hospital six,years ago.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20072, 9 October 1928, Page 13
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