Another melancholy suicide occurred Oct 30, 1867 at Victoria, Vancouver Island. Charles Young, native of Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, lately from Australia, strangled himself at a house on Government St. by buckling one end of a leathern strap about his neck, tying the other end to his bedstead post. The deed was deliberate, from the fact that the strap proved too short to effect the purpose and deceased tore a piece from his Baltic shirt and tying it to one end of the strap gave it the required length....Deceased once occupied a prominent position in Australia, where he married; but after a few years his wife left him and came to California, whither he followed, and after a long search discovered her one evening singing upon the stage in a Melodeon. The discovery so exasperated Young that he sprang upon the stage and attempted to kill her. The woman escaped badly injured, and Young subsequently came to Victoria, and remained for some time in employ of Wilson & Murray. Latterly he drank very freely, and only 3 days ago appeared in Court to prosecute a man who he charged with having stolen a case of brandy and a sack of flour from his cabin. [Colonist, 1867-10-30*]