ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2198, 10 July 1914, Page 9

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

AN ARCHITECT'S'SUICIDE.

At the Courthouse yesterday an inquest was hold concerning the death of Albeit Liddy, a local architect, who,was tound dead in his office, at the rear of the Grand Opera House, on Wednesday morning. Mr. l>. 6. A. Cooper, S M., Coroner, presided, and Senior-yer-Rcant Mullanej represented the police. James Hewitt, of Overtoil Terrace, who said that he had known the deceased ever since his arrival in Wellington, somo fifteen months ,ago, deposed that he had last seen Liddy alive on Monday forenoon He was,about lit yeais, of age, and was not in tho best of health He had missed Liddy since Monday, and after making various inquiries wont to the deceased's office, got in through tho ,window, and saw Liddy lying on the floor, shot through the head, quite dead, with a revolver clasped in his hand. Witness sent for the police.

Evidenco was also given by Arthur Fenton, who said that Liddy had been expecting a lottor from his brother-in-law (the Hon Wm Pitt, desigiiei of the Grand Opera Houso), and this had not ai rived.

;'■ Tho Coroner :i Of. ."two/ letters, 'and, a telegram'which had/arrived for tho de-; ceased , ;after;'his'''death',. : .aud ; had, been 'handed in at .the .inquest; one was from ithe'.'Hon>;:Mri':PitV;and-from the,tone, df;the;letter,/it'appe.ared.,that the deceased .bad been.'having' .some r trouble; with'his brother-in-law-.over' some business .matters .rwhich-the deceased had: been''.dilatory/in -fixing up. Tho ver'.'dict'-: would- bo that -the -deceased died .from-the/effects of abullet wound/,self-' inflicted;vwhi]sfc temporarily/ins.anc./.C;3:DEATH';OF;vMR;THOMAS 'A;; :/■-' 'fy :*, /.. ( ■.';./ Coroner (Mr!" "W.G. Rid.dell, S.M'.).;held ah. inquest.;'at, 'the Courthouso; yesterday concerning .■ the, : death :of .Mr. iThomas Keegan, .which took place o'n.Monday;last. According ■to, Thomas B.'"Dwan, /deceased/was ; a temperate. rnan;. : but appeared to liavo been: in'failing health/during the' past week or: so.:; On .June. 27 he ' ; f ound .Kc'egan ljung'face dowmyards on Plihimer's Stops, apparently/ just after having had a: fall.-; ! Keegan did. not explain .: how •.the/', accident ■■'■i happened. ■ Lator, , he became/ unconscious; and Dr. Hislop was/called. in:,: Tho verdict was: that ■;:'■ deceased died- from' chronic Bright's .disease, probably accelerated by a slight concussion, due to a* fall:' ■ .DEATH UNDER : CHLOROFORM. .:-. • (By Pros" ■ Aasociatwn.l : : '■'■'■ '■'■■'■ '/■ '.'.'.',•-': Dannevirke, July 9. , -.-; Mark Franklin, aged sixty-four, who had resided all his life in the Horbertville and; Wimbledon districts, died. in the hospital while chloroform was boing administered for a. minor surgical operation. A .verdict was retnrncu that death was duo to failure of respiration arid •this heart's action whilo under an anaesthetic. . ".' .: ■'..-. ', ..