Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889) Tue 26 Sep 186561920

SUICIDE BY A GERMAN -A correspondent informs
us that a most determined, suicide was committed
at Splitter's Camp, Digby Forest, on Friday the 1st
instant. A German, named Richard Kroncke,
about thirty-three years of age, hung himself from
the limb of a fallen tree, the branch not being more
than three feet from the ground. He was found
quite dead by his mates about six o'clock in the
morning. He was one of the successful applicants
for land at the sales at Hamilton, and succeeded in
obtaining 115 acres of land at Muntham, Ever
since his success in the land office he appeared ,yery
much dejected, as he feared that he had not money.
sufficient to make tho required improvements. On
the 2nd instant, an inquest was held at the Digby
Hotel, by District Coroner Radford, and after
hearing one or two witnesses, the jury returned., a
verdict that the deceased hung himself in a fit of
temporary insanity. Kroncke has no friends in
this colony, and leaves considerable money and
property in the hands of the police. - Riverina
Herald, September 13th.