SUICIDE AT WOODBURY.
At lils late residence, "Parkhurst," Woodbury, yesterday, an inquest was held concerning the death of Cotsford Mathews Bunion, aged 60, who was found on the property on Sunday morning, shot through the head. Mr "VV. E. McKean, S.M., was the coroner. Cotsford M. Bunion, jun., stated that his father had been suffering in health for a long time and had been under medical treatment. Henry Lapthornc, an employee on the place, said that he last saw the deceased alive about. 'J p.m. on Saturday, when he appeared to bo in his usual state of health. In the evening he was missed, and a night-long search wis made. About 10 o 'clock on Sunday morning witness found the body in a plantation about a quarter of a mile from the house. There was a revolver beside it, and a bullet through the temple. The verdict returned was that the deceased died from the effects of a revolver shot, self-indicted.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1839, 6 January 1920, Page 6
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