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Date 7 janvier 1865
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal New Brunswick Courier
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
Alexander ROBERTSON, admitted from Colchester temporarily into the Asylum on 31st ult. committed suicide Sunday eve. The unfortunate man attended noon service on that day and the usual Sunday eve. singing. About 9 o'clock he bade his attendant good night, shaking hands with him and retiring to his room. Shortly before ten the Medical Superintendant sent him some medicine and he was then discovered suspended by his handkerchief in the window and quite dead.