SUING A LIVE MAN FOR HIS BURIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2064, 26 June 1890, Page 3

SUING A LIVE MAN FOR HIS BURIAL.

Apparently the last of the mysterious drowning or suicide case at Williamstown, in which a man named Bluett was supposed to have been buried twice, but is still alive, has not been heard of. It will be remembered that the body of a man much resembling Bluett, who recently started in business as dairyman in the village, was found on the Black Beach. The remains were removed to the local morgue, and in due course an inquest held, resulting, through the strong evidence produced by Constable Gardner aa to the body not being the missing dairyman, in an adjournment. Subsequently, however, the evidences as to identity were so conflicting that the jury returned an open verdict. Mrs Bluett still maintained that the body was that of her husband, and made arrangements with the undertaker to defray the expense of a decent b*rial. She also had the name of her supposed dead husband put on the coffin, Some small amount of money found on the dead corpse was also handed over to her, which she has since returned to the police. After an absence of over a month, Bluett turned up alive and well, the result of which is that legal proceedings are now to be taken against him for his burial. In an interview with the undertaker (Mr Shepherd), he told our reporter that up to the present time he had not received any money, and is in the position that the police authorities refuse to recognise any claim upon the Government for even a pauper’s burial, he having taken his instructions from Mrs i Bluett. He has seen both Mr and Mrs Bluett, and they state it will be all right in time, as the amount will be liquidated, but as he considers delays are dangerous, and has been advised that he can recover the amount from Bluett as the work was jerformed under his wife’s orders, he intends taking legal steps for the recovery. The decision will be looked forward to with interest.—Melbourne Herald.