BODY FOUND ON THE HILLS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1923, 20 August 1888, Page 2

BODY FOUND ON THE HILLS

- — : *- ; t A mysterious and ghastly find wit made t on Sunday afternoon by two men taking \ a constitutional over the Port HUM; near f Ohrletohuroh. Toe body of » strong - laboring man, apparently about 35 yean of age, was found lying head downward!. From the waist downwards It waa naked, the tronabra being entangled about the feet. The upper portion was folly dressed I exoept the hat, the suit of clothes being of 1 dark tweed, slop made. The mrmVhtlr 1 was fair, and with a red bushy board. , It had evidently been lying m the poilI tlon about 48 hours. On • search being , made the deceased's boots, sooks, and hat t were found among some flax bushed About - ten yards above where the body was lying, E • place that had avldentl/ been made ass of as a bed. The ground between tbla i and the body was very steep and rooky, and 1 It was Apparent the man, from tome orate , or other, had stumbled and fallen down. » and his neck was limp as though dialoi c»ted. Nothing was found on tbe body . that would lead to Immediate IdontlfioaI tlon. Three or fonr handkerchiefs ware s found In the pookets, one joi which waa I marked with the iuitlals <r H. M. 1 ' A £ small black morocco leather, purae had a , half penny In It, and a cutting f torn the " " Press " headed l? Lost In the Snow." V Thepolioe after making a thorough ex- ? atnlnatlon of the place, failed to fiad any ,t traces of a struggle, or marks of an? kind c on the ground . The body was taken to B the Sandridge Hotel to await an inqaeat. tf A telegram since reoeived states that the 0 body has been identified as that of H. V McDonald, who left Bligh's restaurant , on July 26th. He was considered "queer" \ while there.