ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
(wjTelegraph.-tj'PRESS assoclvtton)
, /,i!i: Last Night.. tTh is// eveninp,• a .coloured :man named iGustave Alexander; r between: 40 and 50 ; years of agp,:attempted suicide'by shooting 'himself with a..gun, he was living in A 1 ( Boarding House Willis-street.' The charge ientered under the, chin rand almost the : whole of the left side face was blown off. The.iman was■ removed to" the hospital, but;nf) hopes are entertained of his recover' ins. V|,,,,
i Alexander's; age is said to be 27 year 3. He:ha,dbeen working on, the wharf as » lumper,, and is a native of the West Indies, ;Whereit ; istbeljeved; his; father is a sugar pla.nter, ./Nocause,so, far is.assipned, but he ; has been Repressed lately, and, shortly committed theactjhe asked for a Rp n ,, a^iP^Po r ,)thpugh 8o far as is known he did not,use,them.] j :
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Waikato Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3602, 3 August 1895, Page 6
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134ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Waikato Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3602, 3 August 1895, Page 6
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