SUICIDE BY POISONING
DEATH OF ISLAND BAY CONTRACTOR, Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 20. An inquest was held to-day into the death of Len Barnard (26), a contractor of Island Bay, Wellington, The deceased was found on the Milford beach on the morning of Wednesday, January I2th, in an unconscious condition. and after being attended by two doctors, he was removed to the Auckland hospital, where lie died a day or two later. The evidence allowed that Barnard had written a letter indicating that he hnd contemplated suicide. The coroner returned a verdict *of suicide by nareotio poisoning.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12660, 21 January 1927, Page 6
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