REMARKABLE CASE OF SUICIDE

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 10, 3 May 1876, Page 2

REMARKABLE CASE OF SUICIDE

A late Home paper states that rcceiv, Mv. Carter lield an inquest 011 the body. Francois AugsLo Chore, aged 08, a Froi • artisan, of the New Cross-road, S.E., ' 1 committed suicide under the follow, circumstances :—"Mr. John Wilson & j that deceased had lodged with him for months, and was apparently independ( ; when he took the apartments, lie t ; very quiet and respectable, and spent t greater part of his time over some en" neering models. Lattca\V he seemed bo pressed for money, and' told witni that he .'.as an rrtisan win.) liad sav money for the purpose of going into bu|ness, that his wife was killed during f bombardment of Paris iive years ago, tl* his money was nearly gone, and that whs. lie was penniless ho should quit the wi>r| On Saturday lie brought home two lar planks of wood' and a large doublc-handl kn : fe, such as is used by tanners f scraping the hair oh' skins, but no noti. was taken of it, witness thinking tlii were for cutting up into models. JSTothit was seen of liim on Sunday, and on Mot clay morning Ids door was burst opei when it was discovered that ho had con mitfcod suicide by cutting oil' his hea'cl wii a guillotine. The two planks had beq used as upriglita, at the top of which tlj knife was placed. Groves had been cuti the inner sides of the planks for the kni to run down easily, and two heavy,stow were bound to the upper pari of the knii to give it weight, and by means of a, pull lie had draTTiiup the knife and let it. fa 011 his tiiroat, the head being cut clean 08 Confirmatory evidence having been given the jury returned a verdict of " Suicid whilst of unsound mind. "•