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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 157, 24 June 1876, Page 4

"A' man named "William M'llroy, employed as servant on Captain Willis' farm, near Ohristchurch, met his death on Tuesday night last, in a very sad and sudden manner. The deceased was last seen alive by his employer, after returning from Southbridge, at about eleven o'clock on the evening of his death, walking towards the cottage where he usually slept. From the position of the body, which was found early on Wednesday morning hanging in/the window, it seemed evident that the deceased had been unable to open the fastening of the door, which was known to be rather stiff, and had raised the lower sash of the window, and whilst drawing his body through had. been caught by the sash, which was a very heavy, one, falling on his neck and, shoulders and burying his mouth in his muffler, probably causing suffocation in a very short time. The body when discovered was quite cold, and marks ■were visible on the chest and head, caused probably, by, deceased's struggles to extricate himself.