SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
(Per United Press Association.) • AUCKLAND, December 20.
V-The bodyV6fVJo|n;;RvvStyel,;4s years,.of. age, the licensee of V the-:, Avondale :;Hotel, .wasVfound,;U*.;,the : cellar, of : ,the" hotel; jthiS, evening -V lying'-on 'the 'floor. A- double, barrelled guri" was Vat;his Vside,-Vwith i.'pn'e barrel" discharged.^ The shot' had; entered; the earand'come-'oiit at'the forehead.; It is supposed th'6~causi_ "of the'rash 'act ;was" financial; wtorry. V^'He', leaves Ji_ wife jand 'three grown-up sons'." ;. V William- Brighting," 40 ; years of ;age, a, ' wa^chmaiierSfwho^b ,Vwife,; ;tb-day.,;got' a maintenance 'arid 'separation order ; against him, -went .'to1 her-hoiise'-to-night; fand. on her sending for' the 'police, swallowed some matches. vHe' was 'arrested by" Constable M'Grath, who gave;him an emetic, and ho ,is now believed':to be Out'of-danger. ..-..:.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11302, 21 December 1898, Page 2
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