WATERFRONT MYSTERY.
United Press Association. Auckland, October 19. The inquest on Alice Ward, the woman who was found on October 6tl. drowned in the harbor, concluded today. The Coroner reserved his decision. Further evidence mostly concerned the behaviour of Taylor, a seaman, win denied all knowledge of how the woman came by her death but who, when identified as the man seen with her late at night before her body was found, confessed she had fallen into the harbor when attempting to follow him aboard the scow. Finding himself unable to help her out he had gone below and fallen into a drunken sleep Pending the delivery of the Coroner's verdict, Taylor is being detained in custody on a charge of vagrancy.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/STEP19141020.2.13
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 54, 20 October 1914, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
122WATERFRONT MYSTERY. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 54, 20 October 1914, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in