Another Mystery.
A StI^PIOIqUS * OCC DTRRENOEi .:,-.;> (BY t TELEGRAPH, V i . ■■..••' : Auckland, March 12. • In reference to the drowning acciden^, it has been r ascertained -tbat" *Sosati Duncan, Whose body hiisbeen recovered, was seen "oh the* wfiarf at 'midnight o£ Saturday,' in company with Charlejs Baker, a seaman of Saxoii.They left the wharf in a small dingy, i'earrnpra woman 'named ' Eliza Deitrich .to. await return,, but Jpeifcrich was ibund- aeleey in tfie Dingy^ \rhicljl had ;not .oapsizp.d.., Two .janajbrellaai .were reco.vered, but there are no signaof Baker, Both were under the influen'oe of Hqtror. ■•_; ! ' '■■'■-■•'' !■-:•'•■.? Later. '■ The inqdest on the b6dy of che woman Susan Duncan was adjourned to procure evidence- m to : the ; missing seaman, .Baker, w.b0 ,., is. supposed, to have been ' iro.wned at the same time. A woman named ;Eliza Deitrich has. tpld the poliise that she. saw Duncan fall over the wharf, but s e is so muddled .with , (drink that' the police can make nothing of her statements.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 32, 13 March 1883, Page 2
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161Another Mystery. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 32, 13 March 1883, Page 2
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