SUICIDE BY DROWNING
BODY FOUND IN RIVER DEPRESSION FOLLOWS ILLNESS. [ Per Press Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. IG. The inquest into the death of Percy Sidney Timms, whose body was found by a fisherman in the Waimakariri River yesterday, was held to-day. Tb.s evidence of the brother of deceased was that Timms had been in a depressed state of mind recently owing to illhealth, but had not indicated that he might commit suicide. He had, however, left a letter to his wife, which told of his intention to take his life. The verdict was that deceased met his death by drowning while in a depressed state of mind.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19769, 17 February 1927, Page 8
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106SUICIDE BY DROWNING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19769, 17 February 1927, Page 8
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