Suicide at Gisborne.
Gi-noarr Augnat Ift. John Johnatou. late brewer, blew out bit bfataa to-day, Dcceaaed iu found m hi* bad. holding a rifle in hta hand, the trigger baring bean polled with bii toe, and hi* braiaa literal I t Mown over the bed. At an Luqoeet a eerdirt waa returned that ha ahot biameil while of nnroned mind. It waa a moat determined deed. The (ran waa elaapad with both hauda. and the muzzle placed op to hie left ere The trigger waa polled by bia lea. and bia braiaa were blown ooL The bed clothea ware drawn up oter hia bead, evidently to deaden the e uud.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1872, 18 August 1886, Page 3
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110Suicide at Gisborne. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1872, 18 August 1886, Page 3
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