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BRIDEGROOM'S SUICIDE LONDON, .Tunc -I. The suicide of a young man two days after ho- was secretly married was described at an inquest at Bandon Hill, Bcddingion, Surrey, on Reginald John Lewis, 21. Mo R. W. Lewis said the night before ills son was found dead he had a telephone message. In his opinion there was something in the message which caused the lad to take his life. Mr. Lewis described how he burst open the door of his son's bedroom ard found him lying bn the floor with a test tube by his side. Dr. Peake said death was consistent with Lewis having swallowed commercial nicotine. A verdict of suicide while of mi-/ sound mind was recorded.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18756, 12 July 1935, Page 2
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