GRUESOME FIND ON THE HILLS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1320, 26 December 1911, Page 4

GRUESOME FIND ON THE HILLS.

YUIJNIi MAN , !* IiKATII, A. griiOMiino iliNmwry wns lii'i'lii mi Siimliiy iiiornitiK li.V Mr. Uirlil'i Mlillifin", ii. Keillor, of H'.Milli Kiirorl. Mr. Miillinlic, ucuoinpnnivd by i«iin<» <>! hin ilill' (Iron, wns millflliK ni:l<mi Ih<l hills l«»*»l;ing for .somo Jiii.-oiiig fiilllu, iiml nbwil 10 o'clock in III" morning h< , . iwim mi I lie Imil.v "I a mnli. A IwAMMd rill'i ivu3 lying iic.i-oMi llio body, «lI.Ii ii ilUcluirgi'd ciirlridgo in (ho Uriel mill l)v>i undUcliurL'i-d cnrlriilKon in Hi" liiiixitzine. .\wr by worn n hrovwi <:niivii/i bug containing 'unilt'i-nlollilliKt n Wlwr 1x1(7, itn<l ii pocket li!iti(llc' , ri , )ii"f. Tli'Ti) whs a bullet, wound in Iho fi>i:e. The sjidl where tins bivly ivna found tvn.i clom> to ii creeli In nil ui>fivr|ii>'iiti''l khII.V on llio Iliippy Vnlloy oliwiiriiii, nlioiil. -Ix miles from Hoiil-li Knrorl. _ 'I'lio pollen were immediately comiiuiniciiUxl ivilli, niid Constable Mullooly pronnilcl to th<> spot, and, with the iiwilstnncc of Mr. Mttlhnno, brought llio Ikmlj over llio hills to Karori, and Uicnra In llio cilv morgue. Subsequently Mr, Douglii-s llrny, nlnrckeener, of Devon Street, mid Mr. W. M. Wright, Civil Servant, Kelbiirnn, identified the body ns that of Cyril Asl.on, who had boon missing since December 7, and whoso name appeared on some of Iho articles found in tho brown canvas bag. .Deceased was a dingle man, about, 27 years of ago, employed in the Agricultural Department, uud rcsidwl will; bis relatives in Devon Street, lie is sajd to have been of cheerful disposition. E.irly in December he obtained holiday leav*, and set out from home on Decoinber 7 on n camping-out expedition. Hn had not been heard of since until Sunday morning. An inqnest was hold at the Magistrals s Court yesterday morning, before Mr. W. G. Riddell. S.M.. the police being represented by Senior-Forgcaut Darby. A verdict' was returned of death from the effects of a bullet wound from the rifle, there being no evidence to show what; had caused its discharge.