Abbreviations used
Date September 17 1872
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
On Wednesday eve., William CLARK, age 18, an inmate of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, committed suicide by hanging himself in a barn on the grounds of the Institution. Deceased had been in the Asylum since 19th June having come from P.E.I. as a pay patient. James CURRAN, Robert GRAHAM and John DUFF, attendants of the Asylum were examined. (see original)