SUICIDING WITH A SAFETY PIN.
[PER PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] Received 25, 10.45 p.m. Sydney, Jun»24 Tbomas Hen>y O'Reilly, agid 37, until recnt'y ptacticing at Huntly, New Zealand, suicided by punc'uring the femora! artery with a sa f ety ptD. A few weeks ago he en me to Sydney for the benefit of his hea''h, and on Satutdiy was caught attempting to shoot himself. At bis own request he was plicel in a cell under observatiir. of the pilice. Until an early hour th's morning he chatted with the watchers, and lat-?r en was supposed tj be s'eeping, but was discovered to bo dead. The wound was inflicted und*r tha b'ank'jts.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 128, 25 June 1901, Page 3
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109SUICIDING WITH A SAFETY PIN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 128, 25 June 1901, Page 3
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