Suicide.
Blenheim, September 2. A middle-aged man named William Strickland, an old resident and ex-hotel-keeper, shot himself through the bead this morning. The tragedy occurred at the residence of the deceased, and Strickland had only a few minutes before left the breakfast table. An inquest is proceeding. Later. The verdict in the Strickland shooting case was that the deceased died from a gunshot wound, self-inflicted, while temporarily insane.
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Colonist, Volume XLI, Issue 9267, 3 September 1898, Page 4
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68Suicide. Colonist, Volume XLI, Issue 9267, 3 September 1898, Page 4
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