SUICIDE OF A CHINAMAN.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Roxburgh, August 14. Ah Ouse, a cousin of Ah Chin, who was murdered at Shingle Creek four or five months ago, and who had been in a despondent state of mind ever since the death of his relative committed suicide here this morning, by drowning himself. He was to have been taken to Dunedin to-day, on account of his unusual and peculiar actions of late, but while his mate was preparing breakfast for him he went outside, sallied down to tho river (a distance of 20 yards or so) took off his hat, boots, and coat, and jumped off a projecting lodge of rook into the river. Tho current at this point is very strong, and ho must have immediately been carried out into mid-stream and down the river, as tho spot has been dragged without discovering any signs of tho body. He seemed never to have recovered from the shook occasioned by the death of his relative.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 602, 18 August 1883, Page 1 (Supplement)
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