BODY EXHUMED

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 873, 17 January 1930, Page 1

BODY EXHUMED

PARENTS SUSPICIOUS INQUIRY INTO SON'S DEATH Press Association DUNEDIN, Thursday. On June 21 last year the body of Henry Alexander Yorston, aged 35 years, was found lying in a drain containing a few inches of water, in the Kaikorai Valley. At the inquest concerning his death the coroner returned a verdict that deceased had died from exhaustion. The parents of the deceased, however, evidently considered that some other agency had caused the death of their son, and they engaged m inquiry agent to go into the matter. The agent finally obtained permission from the Minister of Health, the Hon. A. J. Stallworthy, to have the body, which had been buried at Anderson’s Bay. exhumed. The exhumation took place on Wednesday, and the body was removed to the mortuary. There it was examined by Dr. Dath, who found that owing to the state of the remains it was practically impossible to come to any conclusion in the matter. Dr. Dath removed the contents of the stomach, and these may be analysed if it is considered necessary At the post-mortem examination at the mortuary four other doctors were present and also representatives of the police. The body was afterwards reinterred at Anderson’s Bay. Cemetery.