SUSPECTED SUICIDE.
Auckland, _ August \Viinf appears (o fed a. case of siiidift ocDtifrfeci ihiS mdfiiiiig in thb Meirlin iug-llotlSi'i iri Hbbstih stttet; A rfcmittatiSG man named John Cockburn Owen Bassott, itbouf 40 years of ligc, was discovered deii(l jit tjgtb Sihntluig on a teblfe. him wis a. glasSi lne-,6t)h!ciits of .which orb supposed to Ijo a mixture containing. cyanide of pplassiuin., A Mile containing. & qualitify flf (lib ..saifit>- mixture' tfiffi il§B in the robmi/.iviiilc tin. the floor Siii 'h wrapper with tlio twine of the poison upon it. BiSofE. was' list se&i aliV'o bScw'fce'fl & iifitl' 3 b'ciock yeslefiliiy nffofilfcon; tthcli Tie \\'As seeii goiiig ililo his bedroom. .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13985, 19 August 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)
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107SUSPECTED SUICIDE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13985, 19 August 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)
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