INQUEST ON BARMAN
FATALITY AT HERMITAGE. NOT SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT. {By Telegraph—Per Press A ssociation) TDMA.RU, February 29. The adjourned inquest touching on the death of W’lßam Edward Wogan, barman and porter at the Hermitage, Mount Cook, who was found dead in his bedroom on the night of November sth last, with a. gunshot wound in his head, was concluded to-day. Further short evidence was heard after which the Coroner returned the following verdict: “That William Edward Wogan died on November 5, l£ol, at the Hermitage, Mount Cook, from laceration of the brain substance,, and haemorrhage, the result of a bullet wound fired from a .22 rifle. The • fact s , so far proved in my opinion definitely. exclude the conclusion .that deceased committed suicide. They also are, in my opinion, inconsistent with deceased having accidentally shot himself. The matter is now one for the police to taxe such action as they may be advised, and the inquest may legally be re-opened if occasion warrants this course.’’
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1932, Page 2
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