GRUESOME FIND
IN A VACANT HOUSE
(By Telegraph—Tress Association),
WELLINGTON, Nov. 11
When a prospective lady tenant was being shown over a vacant house at Alma .Street, at about II o’eloik this morning, she .happened to push mini a door, revealing the body of a man. The bead rested in a gas oven, which was turned full on. and apparently tiio bod V had been lying there for two days. The deceased was identified as a labourer, named A. Stewart, who was a former tenant of the house. Death was due to usnhvviation and the taking of a dose of -disinl'ei taut . Three months ago a woman named Brnokor committed suicide in the same house by taking the same poi-mi.’
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1929, Page 2
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120GRUESOME FIND Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1929, Page 2
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