DETERMINED SUICIDE AT WELLINGTON.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 817, 25 November 1878, Page 3

DETERMINED SUICIDE AT WELLINGTON.

: Wk.x.n.iton. •Sovomhori^ Yesterday afternoon a telegia'i' eeived by tlic police stating •' ",'; t11 f,,,-tunate his throat at Silvorstream. '" ; . (i t , u , ;l f tur . man was brought into town lay- wUIVC ho noon, and lodged in the Uos|" ' : a his „. u „ 0 died this morning. Ita H , f u ;' ls ' formerly a iH ("ieorge Color, and that n>■ t)i;ij . ]l( , ],ad miner down south. Ho ' st ' ( ■i,iistoliurcli, quarrelled with his fnend-V lt ik( , t( , ,i r i„k. and tliat that had made •'";,,,_ „here he lie recently came to V l '"., mo uev was continued drinking until »' ho had an snout. Iking n Pl' rc ' ll,jnsl \'; m iiiL' on, feeling attack of iklirhnn tramn* ( . o '' .£|,lo disease, acutely the horrors of tnai h d thom to he went to the I lollc |V' having, of course, lock him up. The noliw. no power to do anytime <•» o(lbncl . i laughed man had not coniiuittw • , lto m;u) thun , at his fears, and the «m f()| , |^ a thcrston, appears to have sct " ),o had no money. „ making his way on '""',!,'„, i,is horror at the " On arriving at Silvrj* ' t/1 ./; r ;>im Irvmnin approspeet of an attaeU " nj v itli renewed j)ears to have ''"'"j"' U j.' ( ,,( v d to the Hospital force. Keeling, as lu ''\.'il. : were coming upon authorities, that the ' e ;uu , elu u-avoivd him, he jumped ml" ) wlt|l) . w;ls , 1()t vcrv to drown himself. |t j ml , 0 . ss il,h. to deep, however, am' u .. 1tL .,. |<- a jH llg j„ keep Ins head .n--,' j„ t o the paddock . this attempt, ho'■< n* 1)( , lollL; i llL r to Mr. at the side of t" ( ' , ( , ut 'hi.s throat with a :< Thomas ( ' ot ' t , , . , '';.'i„iuries which ultimately proved fatal. , ''■ u u .. ls (lisc()V( , m l l, y a and at one o;, , who ftfc ()|K . e •„. man named \\ > ; ( -. OIlillil ,,l l! Lister was tormed Mi. ° , tlu . 11KlIl ' H woUll ,i s communistt.«l «» • ~( , w . w conY) , ye ,i. as were rough V'l' •■ ; \ Velv Um ||o ß ,,j ti ,l, id r lll r' u i about livoVelock. After where he.a iu ize<l with Hev( , ral nts> ' ••'''■SlvV'pi.vafroinexcessivchen.orrhage. Th "a e h ,leseribed as being a respecti ;'H.' ' man, about 40 or fit) years of ; " bk '"!;; ,■ el.tlv v>'.-V i.'telligeut. From the ? examination of the bo.ly it appears ■ ■ tint the injuries inflicted by the unfortunate ? 1, were of a determined character lie f nmioirs to have first inserted the knife on 5 t / 10 j 0 ft f ;i,le of liis throat ; then, meeting with an obstruction, to have withdrawn it ; ho then tried to stall himself in the windpipe, hut only succeeded in indicting slight Injuries. Finally, he plunged the. knife into tho right side of his throat. He also made an attempt to open a vein in his arm. An jwiueut will bo held on Monday afternoon.