A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.

Patea Mail, Volume XXIX, 27 January 1908, Page 3

A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.

A very determined suicide occurred on the beach near the public baths, New Plymouth; at 10.45 a.m. on Friday. ■ A loud explosion was hoard, but no notice was taken, as it was supposed to be rook blasting operations iu the vicinity. A little later a child told the caretaker of the baths that she had found a man’s ear. A search was then made, and the trunk of a man’s body was found with the head and arms blown off. Fragments were scattered in all directions. One arm was found in Hine street, fully 100 yards away. A linen collar found bore the name of “ A. J. Burgess,” who is a stationer in business here. Other indications show that the body is his, though it is not yet absolutely identified. Apparently the man had placed his head on- a pharge of dynamite, having previously lighted the fuse.—Star. An inquest was hold on Saturday • into the circumstances surrounding the death of Alexander Grattan Burgess, a verdict being returned of suicide during temporary insanity, the jury expressing sympathy with the wife and relatives of the deceased.