Robert J ELLIOTT died 31 Dec 1891 in Gundagai, NSW, Australia from self-inflicted gun shot wound.
Gundagai.
January 4.
Suicide.-The residents of Gundagai were some-what startled on Thursday last, when it was made known that Mr. Robert Elliott, an old resident of the district had shot himself at 7 a.m. that day. An in-quiry was held by the Coroner (Mr. Weekes), and Dr. Gabriel made a post-mortem examination, when the following facts were elicited. The deceased was a married man with a large grown up family, and was living with his brother and a man named Smart, in a hut, on the property of Mrs. Lindley, where he was employed as a miner. He went to bed the previous night as usual, but on rising early next morning took a gun away from the hut and com-mitted the rash act. On hearing the report his brother rushed to where he was, and found him lying on his back with part of his head blown off, and the gun lying by his side. No cause can be assigned for him shooting himself. The following finding was re-corded : " That the deceased, Robert Elliott, came to his death at South Gundagai, on December 31, 1891, from a gunshot wound, the said wound being self inflicted." |