A STRANGE CASE.
TBt Telbqbaph.J HOKITIKA, March 20,
, On Saturday last a boy found the body of a man lying on the sea beach near Hokitika. It was fully dressed. There was no flesh whatever on the head, and the eyes were gone. The body had evidently been there for some days. In the coat pocket was found a Post Office Savings Bank book, with the name of Bernard Heslin as depositor. The book showed Heslin bad drawn out of the Bank on 11th March £5. In one of the trousers’ pockets £5 6s in cash was found, and in the other three revolver cartridges. A small revolver, quite new, was found close lo the body. One of the chambers was loaded, and another had been discharged. An inquest was held this afternoon, and the jury returned a verdict—“ That deceased, Bernard Heslin, came by his death by a pistol shot, whether by accident or otherwise there was no evidence to show.”
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2482, 21 March 1882, Page 3
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162A STRANGE CASE. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2482, 21 March 1882, Page 3
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