DEAD IN BED
identity not; established
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KAIKOURA, 'September 6
A; aged Jorty, who has not yet been identified, was found dead in- bed to-day at Bank House, Kai’koura. , • ". ■ >
: An- inquest was opened this evening ‘before Mr James Davidson, Coroner,; and . adjourned till Friday to allow the istomach -contents to be analysed. ’■ '? i Evidence was given that -deceased■ .purchased an ounce of strychnine and .glass on Monday,'giving his name as !G. Newman, -of Parnassus. A gtefes' i containing -strychnine deposit was ifobnd- -in his bedroom and half '-an (ounce of the poison was missing from ■‘the -bottle 'purchased. ‘ ' J - *• There wa* -nothing among his personal- effects-from which his identity could be-established.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1932, Page 6
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