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DRUG-TAKER

. ... :-. ... j.. ' LEAPS FROM WINDOW IN LONDON

: LONDON, September 21

“Tom Chadbourne and Elvira Barney are responsible. ; Make Sir John Mullens pay my account,” was part of a. tetter, produced a f t,th,e inquest oiy.Jllrs Gertrude Gainhle (“Bnfyqtt/B!*}.' ' " Forta,erly deceased ,Was the! leader, of a “smart .Wet” in Sfig: had leaded. to 'hpr, death K from, the window, of her West End apartment. ■Sir John Mullens, father of, Mrs Elvira Barney, Was present at . the in : quest. '." The police gave evidence that Mrs Gamble had; previously attempted . suicide, and was known as a. drug-taker for 15 years. The coroner, remarking that the solicitors of Sir John and Mrs Barney considered it unnecessary to explain ithet references to them,, returned a verdict! of suicide “through an unconquerable habit of taking drugs.’*

Sir John Mullens left the court before the end of the proceedings.

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Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1932, Page 3

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142

DRUG-TAKER Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1932, Page 3

DRUG-TAKER Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1932, Page 3

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