WORRIED TO DEATH.
PENSIONER HANGS HIMSELF
{Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Nov. 1.
An old-age pensioner named James 'Critchfield, aged 78 years, residing with his -wife at 207 Main South -Road, Caversham, committed suicide this morning by hanging himself in a shed at the rear of his dwelling. Apparently he had been worrying about some property transactions in which he was engaged, but not to the extent to lead to any misapprehension. At 3 o’clock he went to the Caversham post-office to get his pension, and at 3.30 his wife saw him going in the direction of the shed. The body was discovered at 5 o’clock.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3364, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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105WORRIED TO DEATH. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3364, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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