STIMPSON'S DEATH.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 51, 5 July 1913, Page 6

STIMPSON'S DEATH.

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EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST

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[Per Press (Association.] Auckland, July 5,

An inquest on William Stimpson, who died at the Hospital yesterday from injuries alleged to have been caused by falling down a stairway at the Shamrock Hotel, was held this morning. The evidence given showed that Stimpson was a visitor from Taumarunui, and had been drinking heavily. On Friday last he fell down a narrow stairway leading to the basement, where, he had been sleeping in the same room as the hotel porter. Dr. Milson stated that he received a message from the licensee on Monday afternoon of a case requiring his attention. The case was not described as urgent. He visited the patient early in the evening and found Stimpson on the bed in the basement semi-con-scious. The whole of his left side was paralyzed, and he was in a critical condition. It was a case for urgent hospital treatment. If the man fell down stairs on the previous Friday he must have been in a paralyzed condition ever since. Paralyzed condition could be due to a paralytic seizure following heavy drinking. The licensee was < unaware of the paralysis until witness's visit.

The. inquest was adjourned until Thursday.