A PITIFUL CASE.

NZ Truth, Issue 62, 25 August 1906, Page 4

A PITIFUL CASE.

Sad Plight of Mrs. Moore and Her Two Children.

•'. A particularly distressing case has been reported to this paper from Le~ Yin, Five, months ago, or thereabouts, a carrier named Moore, living at Maxtott, had his house and furniture burned. ' The property was insured m the-, "Sun" office for £350. An inquiry was held into the causes of the fire> and. an open verdict given. The> company, however, were not satisfied.-: and- refused to pay the insurance. Moore had a mortgage of £150. on the house, but the company not eyen advance that amount, lags there was alleged to be somethin.suspicious about the circumstances . of : the. fire. For the four months following the- fire Moore had a particularly/ bad time. He could-n't find employment and; had no money, and he had, a wife and two- children to supJpout. Finally he got a billet m Levin, as manager of the newly formed ;"Leyin. Express and- Carrying Company. "• But just as he had got a start he was arrested on a charge of .a'pson. : As to the charge: we, know nothing, that will be for a jury to decide, but. we do know that his wife and two children are left m Levin, where they' are practically strangers, -quite unprovidfed for. Whatever the merits of Moore's case it is: very pitiful indeed that his wife and. lit _le - children should be left to, suAei;-.