ALONE IN THE WORLD
NO FRIENDS AND NO MONEY. WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Pnt> Aaaoei&tion —By Telegraph—Copyrlgit LONDON. October 92. Lady Dimsdale, widow of Sir John Dimsdale, who shot himself in a, churchyard at Whitstable in April, was remanded at Canterbury on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. She gave herself into custody, saying that she had three times walked into the sea. hut had failed to drown, as the waves bad washed her back. She had no friends in the world and wished she had her husband's pistol to do the job properly. The police gave evidence that a resident found her wandering and gave her a bed. but she climbed out of the window. She had been working at a hotel in Switzerland, and was depressed because she had not sufficient money to buy decent clothes.— Sydney Sun Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18999, 23 October 1923, Page 10
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