DEATH IN THE STREET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1955, 12 January 1914, Page 6

DEATH IN THE STREET.

.WHAT THE INQUEST DISCLOSED. An inquest -was held by Mr. J. S. Evans on Saturday, into the death' of Mrs. Myra Jeffrey, a middle-aged woman, who was taken ill at Quintal's Corner on Wednesday afternoon last, and who died shortly afterwards in Dr. Arthur's surgery. Sergeant MuHany appeared on behalf of tho police I .'" 1 * Dr. H. Gilmer gave evidence to tho effect that he had made a.post-mortem exr.iuinatio.-i of- the body of deceased. The body was well nourished, and there •• were no marks of violence about it. All tho organs of the. body were healthy, with tho exception of adhesions to the lungs and a patch of recent pleurisy in the right lung. The heart and valves showed signs of disease., Death, in witness's opinion, was duo to heart failure. The valves of tho heart were weak and overtaxed. Tho conditions in which deceased was found in.tho street wore, witnoss'considercd, consistent with his finding. Constable John Thompson stated that at about i p.m. on January _7 ho found deceased in a semi-unconscious condition. Witness had carried her to Dr. Arthur's surgery in Lambton Quay. The (lector examined her about five minutes after and attended to her. /The doctor said she was just about, gone, and about minutes after deceased had died. • i llonry James Forbes, a faimer, residing at Woodlands, Southland, stated that deceased had been housekeeper for his father.eight or nine years ago. Witness saw her about a year ago, when sh" had told him she was married to a man named Reynolds. Witness said she ,woilldJ;o about 38 or 39 years o d then. About four or fivo years ago-deceased was "oiii" under the name of Forties. Francis Arthur Blackett stated that he know deceased as Mrs. Reynolds about four years and a half ago in Christchurch. Witness's wifo had been told bv deceased that she .was married to Mr! Forbes, of Woodville. Deceased had been slaving at witness's residence at Tawa Flat on September 7 last, and had resided there.; over since. J'rior-to stavin" at 'witness's -house deceased had •ken to the 'Chatham Islands. Witness last saw her alive .at 9.30 o'clock on Ti'esdav Inst. From what deceased had toid, witness, he thought; hor namo was Jeffrey ß . ' "' ' \ \erdict was returned by the coroner that deceased, Mrs. Jeffrey, alias Forbes and Reynolds, died; ••on.-Wednesday,. January 7, from heart failure.