SUICIDES.
WELLINGTON, December 4.
A man named Edward Pearcey, a^ed 68 years, committed suicide at his residence in Barber Street this morning by- cutting his throat. The deceased, who was a married man with a grown-up family, had been rather eccentric for some time past. In the case of John Holmes, a- suicide, the jury returned a verdict of suicide while in a state of mental depression and bad health.
CHRISTCHURCH, December 4.
Henry Vipers, a married man. and a resident of Belfast, committed suicide yesterday by cutting his throat. His body was found in the scrub in the Waimakariri River bed. Vigers suffered from indomnia, aiid J-eft a letter giving reasons for the act.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11730, 4 December 1905, Page 7
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115SUICIDES. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11730, 4 December 1905, Page 7
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