A SUSPICIOUS CASE.

Taihape Daily Times, 7 August 1919, Page 4

A SUSP I CIOUS CASE.

T VIOLENCE PROBABLE CAUSE. W ELLIN_G{I‘ON, ;'Augst, 7_ A Cornefg enquiry has opened with ~rcga.rdA'to,- the death o._fV George Mcv-: Kin',ty; wharf labourer, ‘}wZllose_,.body_' was found in a rightway a.t,§P.arlia-. mentary Buildings grounds, yesterday morning. Dr Fyffe said that over the"left occiptal bone of the skull was an irregular depression about two inches lcngj, but the skin was unbroken. When the scalp was removed a large circular depression of the skull was found. Indications were that *death was caused by direct violence" with a blunt instrument, In his opinion, a fall was unlikely to have caused this condition. After further evidence the inquest was adjourned to allow further inquiries as to deceased’s movements on: the previous night. AUCKLAND, August 7. The body of the man drowned ofl‘ Devonport Wharf, has been identified: as John Keating, a returned soldier, who came from Dunedin_