A TRAGIC END.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 209, 4 March 1914, Page 8

A TRAGIC END.

A WOMAN'S DEATH. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A woman named McLeod was found dead iiii hi'd nt her residence, Wilkelield Street, this morning. She was married, but had been living apart from her hus band. A man named Wood resided in the same house with her. When ha invoke at 4.:i0 o'clock this morning, it;: found that .Mrs McLeod wai dead, evi deutly tin? result of having taken .poison, lie reported the matter to t.'ia police. An inijiie t was held before Mr Cutten, coroner. William Eeuben Woods said tliat lie camejiome about 9.30 last nieht, slightly under the influence of liquor. The woman MeLiod did not go to bed. At about 10 oVlock she went out and brought in a constable. He did not know why the coils table came or how long lie stayed. He went to sleep shortly afterwards, .and did not wake until 4.30 a.m. He saw deceased lying on the floor, and found that s-he was dead. He summoned thei police. The constable stated thut tic was called in last night by McLeod, who alleged that her "husband" was "rowing" with her. Dr. Casement Aieken said that death was due to poison. There were two bruises on the body, ouc on the hip and one on the arm. The jury returned a verdict of death from poison taken while mentally depressed.