MELANCHOLY DEATH OF MR J. C. SEXTIE.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1655, 8 June 1875, Page 2

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF MR J. C. SEXTIE.

Fears of Pois'o-ii_ig.' rM We., regret to hear of -_e-uddfeh-de£sfeqf __ t J..C. Sextie, which' took piace'_t:_a^arl-~ hour this morning ~> under circumstances leading' to the suspicion that he had taken poison. The deceased, with his wife sn4 family, had'remgved into-a-house on'Cplilegg. fiload afeout a*foSttnight ago. ' -^->__^Bighfe he came home in a very depressed state, of mind. '. and under ■• ~___D)tin. fiuence; of'driu^..-' He spoke to j his »if e in a' de_p6ndentr tone, .reniarkmg that that would'be his last home.""He lay1 down oa the sofa in the sitting-room, and when Mrs Sextie retired insisted on remaining there and refuged to aljp.w^' her to put. any covering . over ' His wife heard: ho.i.Sbue > ' during the night, but about four o'clock this morning-,1 .d consequence of sounds proceeding irom the sitting-room s she got up and went in, whe_n_sho.found-h€«-husbaiid.'_rtlie ■agonies „ of . death. • - -{A -"''mesae_Bejc_."'was t at v once •despatched' for DrlJ^Hodpt^ *who '-arrived'- within a _i*ry.)%.^tort time, but^tfoe, "Struggle was _"yen then "oY-f and life' yns quite extinefr^ altjipu^the - .body wasstill'warm. A cup containingajew '? crystals like strybhnine was found in the room, but it should be mentioned that.the bqdy'''did*no-:presertt _h^^ , developed in cases of strychnine poisoning. It is possible.,-jjhat-the-death was natural, although -the surrounding circumstances -point to' "~a . different-.-. xoncSKioit. All doubt,; ho"wev.e.,»»»will- :_e'3e^;at rest by an analysis of the crystals "in. the cup and a" 'gost'-martom examination which will fee conducted by.Dr, Hooper in preparation for an* inquest "to' be ' held to-morrotf at-'-^he -'Suffolk Hotel The deceased gentieman^arriv.ed in- New Zealand from Victor-a.-Ajrfstralla,' about'li or 12-"years sihcf and- with the exception of a couple of yeaiii at the otago.gold-field, hag been residentrfti Auckland".ver-ince. jOn-the dpening of the Thames gold-field Mr Sextiirtl Victorian and .Otago experience WJj|-^tf much benefit, -and his_ well-kac«n^_jte|r diction, that - all ( the l gold would'nt be extracted in a hun___d.j_-_years, u\ "> • quite likely to become true.;". Mr Sextie long occu.pieji a good position dn-.the business of MiningsAgeat, and wag greatly xpsp£pM. by all who had dealings with him for-the hone'-t'and* stfaightforward manner in. which he conducted transactions. Latterly, "owing to the depression in the mining market, the deceased" had beetr_n' -poor circumstances, and the care of providing, for hiir'ia__y had* caused him _nu-h anxretyand hatassmeilt'af mind. We understand that he leaves a wife and four young children totally* unprovided