A MISSING MAN
FOUND DEAD IN SCRUB
THROAT CUT WITH PENKNIFE
(Per Press Association) MASTERTON, Wednesday.
Arthur Dillon, a single man aged 63, was found dead to-day in a deep scrub covered gully on Riversdale station about 50 miles from Masterton. Deceased, who was engaged in scrub cutting, had been missing since last Friday.
A strap was tied round his neck and he had a gash in his throat. Apparently he cut his throat with a pen knife found in his pocket and then tied, a strap round his neck, and, attaching the end of the strap to a tree, threw himself into the gully. The tree was uprooted and the deceased fell about 14 feet.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 117, 12 May 1932, Page 6
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