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SKELETON IN
' HOLLOW TREE
MELBOURNE, Sunday.-After in-
vestigating the finding of a man's skele-
ton in a hollow tree near Darebin Creek
Reservoir yesterday, detectives conclud-
ed that the man, "when attempting to
commit suicide by hanging, fell 10 ft.
into the hollow part of the tree, and
could not get out;
. A frayed piece of rope was fouud
hanging from the limb of tho tree.e
The skeleton was clothed in au over-
coat, a coat and singlet. A pair of
trousers was on the ground besido the
tree. Death is believed to have oc-
curred several months ago. The man
is thought to have been a patient at
a mental hospital.
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