SUICIDE OF A CHINAMAN.
Roxburgh, August 14,
Ah Ouse, a. cousin of Ah Chin, who was murdered at Shingle Creek four or five months ago, aud who had been iu 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 the river (a distance of 20 yards or so) took off his hat, boots, and coat, and jumped off a projecting ledge of rock into the river. The current at this point is very strong, aud he must have immediately been carried out into mid-stream and down the river, as the spot has been dragged without discovering any signs of the body. He seemed never to have recovered from the shock occasioned by the death of his relative.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 6956, 7 September 1883, Page 5
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