A SHOCKING CASE
ROMAN'S DEATH
CONSUMPTION .OF METHYLATED
SPJRITS
(By Telegraph — l'ress Association.)
CffIMSTCHrPCH. 'Lwt Night
At the inquest on the body of Helen •GoK-.omb, aged 3S years, w'ho died in ■a.lavatory.'on Sunday i>ight h I)r Jiving caidi that methylated spirits were found in the i-;tc,macih. The organs of deceased wore in« a con■diticKi. Ihene .was a mark of a blowon the ehlin. The blow might have .been sufficient.to cause death. Enmk Goseomb, husband of the deceased, mid lie had been drinking ■ni'jtbyiak-d spirits with his iwi'fb be•caiUise they were cfeip. They quarrelled c;i 'Sunday, hut be did not strike her. He found h'sr on Monday in the ; kv."at!)-ry. dead'. Detective Gibson said he found the body en' the floor, wedged firmly between the wai!.si. The Magistrate said the '.vale- rf .mcthytated spirits should be stopped, 'because of the prevalence of the use. •cf it as -a. drink. The 'inquest was adjourned until tomorrow.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19120515.2.35
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10636, 15 May 1912, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
154A SHOCKING CASE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10636, 15 May 1912, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in