Accidents and Fatalities.
Per Press Association. luvoEeargill, J;une 15. - At the inquest on the body of Charles Freclericjk MoGom'.b, station— mjaatcr at Centre Busih, the jury re.— turned a verdict tbat deceased coramittetl suicide by poison while in a state of teinjporary insanity. The jury said that a porter sihould be placeid at the station dkiring tiho grain season< The indications were that deatih was caused by henbane seedy as, a packet was found in deceased's room. The evidence sjhowetl tthat . MpCom{b was in financial straits, having recently been serivod witn a smmp^ons from Waim«,te idr £2 on a p.n. He had complained of his porter being ta,Uen away from him, and an inexperienced boy sent, m'ajking his work too heaiVy. ' Donald Forbes 1 , a piivate nighrtwatchman employe.d by business people for some years, has not been seen~ since Tuesday' He suffered from bronchitis- anil asthma. Efforts to trace him haVe been frj\iitless, anH it* isr' feared £h<at he has >met his- death.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12282, 15 June 1903, Page 5
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163Accidents and Fatalities. Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12282, 15 June 1903, Page 5
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