"THE ONLY WAY OUT."
A CLERGYMAN'S SUICIDE.
RESULT OF INSOMNIA.
By Cable. — Press Asscciation.~^Copyright. SYDNEY, July 24. - At the inquest on the body of Canon Flower, whose .death was reported q* Thursday, evidence was given-that-de- - ceased was found dead in the bathroom. of his home,, with a bullet wound in right temple and a revolver clasped v in. his hand. He left a note stating that it was his only way out. His brain had gone ]. as a.result "of ten weeks' of sleeplessOwing to utterweakness of body and mind he scarcely had-power to attend to reading and speaking. He said he had terrible pains in the head and neck, aud everything was in a haze. '< : ,: The coroner found-.that "deceased died of a self-inflicted bullet "wound, while suffering from temporary inental derangement. . ,
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 145, 25 July 1914, Page 9
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