Show ROUGH ON RATS john flinders ends his earthly career with a dose the usually bally tranquil surface of everyday life at hooper was rudely disturbed on sunday by a suicide john flinders a universally esteemed citizen took a dose of rough on rati rat which hid had a fatal effect at p ir it appears that mr flinders has ills been laboring under an aberration for some time past and has frequently y asserted that he was not good en enough agh to live in consequence of this his actions have been closely watched on sunday at noon jae be said he be was unwell his friends attempted to discover the cause 0 of f his indisposition but without success for soma time at last however mr flinders gave ithe the tion t that hat he lad bad found a box of congh on rats had taken a teaspoon teaspoonful ul ul mixed it with water and swallowed the dose this was done in the neld field antidotes wese were promptly administered ered but with no success for at mr flinders to the results of his bis rash act an inquest was held on monday b by y james johnson justice of the peace for hooper precinct with charles park parker er james beus and levi A cox as jurors after bearing the evidence in accordance with the facts givon above the j ury returned a ve verdict ardic that deceased came to his death ty by a dote dobe of poison administered administer erl by his own hand ogden herald berald july 19 |