THE CAPENESS CASE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 32, 12 June 1913, Page 5

THE CAPENESS CASE.

A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY. [By Electric Telegraph—'Copyright] [United Press Association.] Melbourne, June 11. The Capeness case was resumed tolay. Evidence was led to show that the deceased had contemplated suicide. She remarked once, “Don’t be surprised if you hear the worst in the morning.” A woman testified that a year ago she took poison from the deceased, who said that she had no desire to live., Another woman gave similar evidence. The case was adjourned.

(A Melbourne cablegram of May 16 said:—Peculiar evidence was tendered at the inquest on the wife of George Samuel Capeness, a commercial traveller. Capeness testified that ,ie resided at Oxford Chambers. At 5 o’clock in the morning he was informed by the caretaker that his wife had fallen out of a window. Witness asked his wife what had happened, and sho replied that she did not know. Witness and his wife occupied :ho same room. He last spoke to her at 10.15 on the previous night. Witness and his wife were not very happy owing to his attachment to i young girl. His wife was a sleepwalker. He believed that that caused her death. His wife often requested him to give the girl up. He mice! to, but found the attraction too rvoat. The girl accompanied witness md his wife, at his wife’s request, in a holiday to Tasmania last Christnas. Tho caretaker (Normand) of die Chambers testified that he heard i scuffle, and then someone running iway. He heard a tremendous scream i few moments later. His wife also heard it. He then found that the wonan had been carried into the basenent by a constable. The noise of dmffling lasted about five minutes. Ho beard no voices. An attempt to ipen the window would not explain the sound which he took for scuffling. He idmitted that his hearing was not too rood, owing to ear trouble. He slept in the third floor, some distance from Oxford Chambers—about 35 feet. The nodical evidence was that there j were in signs of injuries that could not have jeen caused by a fall. The inquest vas adjourned.