A Mysterious Death.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 32, 3 January 1883, Page 2

A Mysterious Death.

The following particulars of the mysterious death an'frelboarilef l e'ferred f to m a recent cable; . message are ,g iyeijQ m the Sydney Mail. A woman namei} - Mary Cameron M'Ptiail, 32 years of agt^ «r who for some time past has beetf"* engaged as housekeeper for Mr Cambelf, ■ manager of the Victorian Sugar , Refinery Company, Yarraville, on the 9th October rented a room m a horne 1 ' occupied by a woman named Harding iv Bussel street, stating that she was 'suffering from illness. The woman who ''appeared pregnant went 'out shortly afterwards, stating ' she ' was goin£ to Dr. Barker's close by tor a prescription. On her return she brought a bottle ofmedicine. On the following., morning she deliberately j amped twice down sereral steps from the kitchen jdoor jto the back yard, a depth ,of four feet, stating that it „, would do i lier good. ' Qri the • l3th sfte" '"' took to bed and was attended by Dr Barker until the 17th, when Dr Balls Headly 'was called- in 1 for consuJtation.; The woman died "a^, 4 .o'clock next morning, .Wednesday.', Paring the day a^ \ man named Kennedy employed, at th« ,*; sugar works, and who stated that he i l t was] brother^ in-law bt the, deceased, ' * called at the house, 'and removed* the" 1 " jwoman,s effeqte^aiid./medicihe^'^piti;ie.'^,.. The same night at 10 o'clock he reuiored x ; the body to the shop of an undertaker > at Colliti^WQodi and "arrangement^ Wete : ' ' i made' for tire burial at : 4 6' clock tti»'> afternoon upon a certificate signed b^ ■'*' Dr Barker, giving as the cause of death" !? primarily a miscarriage peritonitis, secondly chronic disease oftneliTwand: ■'■>_ , kidneys. The brother of deceased* ad •• >- i hotelkeeper at Yarraville, came to hearof his sister's death and being suspicious k as' to the : cause, immediately.: communicated with the police, who removed the body from: the undertaker to the morgue to await a post mortem ; and inqneßt. •;; ■.). .■■ : •-; ; ;-. .,...;':