STRANGE TRAG EDY
FOLLOWING A SPIRITUALISTIC MKETLNG..' 'l'ress Association.,, -.-,, WHANGAKJfiI,, June 4. Sensational evidence .was given at an inauost to-day concerning "tile death of Jessie West, aged about thirty-two, a housemaid at the Whangarei. Hotel, whose dead body was found in the upper reaches of WhangareTharbour last night. Pearl Burke, another housemaid in the same hotel, testified ..that, the tragedy was the outcome of spiritualistic meetings held in deceased's room. After such a meeting on Tuesday night, at 8.30, witness and deceased walked to the town wharf, where the latter, remarking, "I<'reddy is calling me," disrobed herself and put on her nightdress. At deceased's request witness took her clothes and walked away, though being fully aware of deceased's intention. A verdict was returned that death was due to drowning by deceased throwing herseli into the water. The coroner remarked that the girl Burke, though apparently simple-minded, was morally responsible for West's death, if not liable under the criminal code.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10298, 5 June 1919, Page 4
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159STRANGE TRAGEDY New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10298, 5 June 1919, Page 4
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