SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN SMITH, OF THE CAMPSIE GLEN.
[By Telegraph.] Bluff, May 29. The following particulars of the suicide of Captain D. Smith of the barque Campsie Glen, bound from Timaru to Newcastle, are to hand by the Hingarooma : Sydney, May 23.
Captain Duncan Smith, of the barque Campsie Glen, committed suicide when out twelve days from Timaru. Ho was found dead in his cabin with his throat cut. When the cabin boy went to take him his coffee he obtained no answer. The mate afterwards opened the door and found the captain kneeling.beside his bed bleeding profusely from the throat, which had evidently been cut with a broken < bottle. The body was saturated with 'gin, and was kept some time aboard, but eventually was buried at sea.
John Green, a seaman on the Campsie Glen, was sent to gaol yesterday for four months ou a charge of stealing the effects of the late Captain, consisting of clothing and jewellery, while the body of Captain Smith was still on deck. The Bench characterised the theft as one of the meanest on record.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2864, 30 May 1882, Page 2
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