Abbreviations used
Date May 30 1884
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun
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.
John McKINNEY, well to do farmer at Clones Settlement, Petersville (Queens Co.) committed suicide Tuesday night last by cutting his throat in his barn. Deceased, about 50 years of age, left widow and five children. Coroner Murphy held an inquest Wednesday. Some years ago, McKINNEY was an inmate of the Asylum for a short time.