CURIOUS SUICIDE.
—' ' -I IN CHRISTCHURCH. Per Press Association. . CHRISTCHURCH, D0n.20. Aii inquest, was held this afternoon regarding the death of John 51c-Kay Campbell, bookbinder, aged 31 years, u ho \\ as killed or.r.v yesterday morning i>v being run over bv a dray in CoU umbo street —the wheel going over his neck. Alter hearing the evidence the Coroner received a letter written on Sunday and addressed to a friend of tlie deceased in which Campbell thanked him for h:s k.ndness and said that the strain was too much for hint and his health was going down. He asked that his belongings should be forwarded to iiis brother-in-law in Auckland, and expressed the hope that he would l>e forgiven for wlmt he was going to do, which he did for the best. The Coroner recorded a verdict that the man committed suicide while temporarily insane.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14380, 21 December 1910, Page 5
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143CURIOUS SUICIDE. Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14380, 21 December 1910, Page 5
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