DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8339, 27 January 1913, Page 7

DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY

INQUEST NECESSARY. Miss Lillian' McHvoen, aged about thirty-four, employed. as a bookkeeper at tho Grand Hotel, died yesterday morning under circumstances which will necessitate the holding of an inquest. Deceased had not been well lately, and in order to induce sleep was in the habit of taking veronal. She went off duty last Wednesday, remaining in bed all day Thursday. On Friday her condition had not improved, and a sister was sent for, also Dr Ewart. Tho latter said deceased was suffering from having taken an overdose of veronal, probably accidentally. About twenty minutes to 5 yesterday yesterday morning deceased asked her sister, who stayed with her throughout tho night, to leave tho bedroom, as she thought she would be able to sleep. Tho sister went into the passage and about a minute afterwards deceased got up and switched tho electric light off. Hearing deceased coughing and gurgling her sister went into the room and found on a chair beside the bed a glass with a small quantity ,of liquid in it, • which smelt strongly of lysol. A small lysol bottle was on the cheat of drawers. Dr Ewart, who was called in, used the stomach pump, bnt without avail, and Miss Modied shortly after half-past 9. Dr Ewart was of the opinion that she took lysol, bnt said she might not have known what she was,doing.