CLAVERLEY VICTIM

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20000, 27 July 1939, Page 16

CLAVERLEY VICTIM

PATHOLOGIST'S TESTS POLICE AWAIT REPORT ORGANS FOR ANALYSIS i NQUERIES INTENSIFIED (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH- this day. Detectives engaged on tnd Ciavericy mystery now await the report of the pathologist, Dr. A. B. Pearson, amose examination of - the body of Mrs. Harriet Jane Patience will determine the cause of death.

Willi ihe identification of the body the woman, who was found at iratuhl beach, near Claverley, de-

an; Lly established, police and scientific inquiry work have been intensi-

Dr. Pearson started his examination on Monday, bin it will be a day or -,wo before lie has completed his work and handed over his rep.-.t to the police. The organs from the b.-civ o: Mrs. Pa hence will probably be handed over to the Government Analyst in an effort to determine whether there wer c any traces of poison in the body. The pathological and analytical work to be covered may take days. l'n the meantime, elaborate police inquiry .work is being carried out. Senior-Sergeant J. Bickerdike, who lias been in charge of the Claverley mystery inquiries from the time of the disappearance of Mrs. Patience, last October, left by car on. Tuesday night for Claverley. He was accompanied by ' Constable • A. H. BrOwn. The car also carried the ,Kaikoura district coroner, Mr. W. A. Nelson, win presided at the continuation of In mquc.st in the afternoon. Arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Pat'cme will be held up until the work of the pathologist has been completed.