Suing a Live Man for His Burial.
_ Apparently the last of the mysterious drowning or suicide case at Williamstown, in whioh. a maq.' named Bluett ps. supsefl. to, Jiftv«"> been buried twice,but'is still alive, has not been heard of. It will be remetn.' bored'that tho body of a man much resembling -Bluett,' who. recently;.,' started in business as a dairyman'in , the village, was found on the Bads ■■<, Beaoh. The remains wero removed :•: to the local morgue, and in due . ■ course an inquost held, resulting,'' through the strong evidence prff..' ducedby Constable Gardner as tol the body not being.tbe. missing":: dairyman, in an adjournment. Subsequently, however, the identify were so conflipting tbftt th,§ jury returned an, qpep vbraigt. ". ,JJrg' ' Bluett still maintained that the body,'. was that of her husband, and made . arrangements with tUe undertaker to defray the expense of a decent .burial, . She also had the name ; of her sppposed dead husband put on {|w. ; coin.: Some pmalj a,inQun| of money found • on' the dead oorpsa ' TO also handed oyer- ,tp W which has since returned to tliV police, 'After an absence of Qvor.'a. '. mpmh.,Bluett, turned,up alive and well; the result of whioh is that legil < proceedings are, now to be taken : ■■■■ against him for his burial. In an ■ interview with the n,nderiak.er (Jfr: :: Shepherd) he told our'reportor'ftst'' up to the present time he had not •; received any money, and iain the: position that 'the police authorities' '' refuse to recognise any olaim/upon. the Government for even a pauper's burial, he having takjn lih jp|fra'oi •■' tiQPS u-orja Mrs Jihipit,. He has seen both My and Mrs Bluett, anlth'ey ■■' state it will be all right in' time, as" the amount will be liquidated, ibiitas i. he)-obnsiders delays bw dangerous, and hasibeen' advised, can ; ': recover the amount "from 'Bluett the work was peffornaed. .underhis'- : ''fife's i 3 ;";/ -: siepsfor' &e;reVoTeryV : *.\llie.'deouio'n v.-'. will be looked forward to with interejt.S.';
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3536, 14 June 1890, Page 2
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803Suing a Live Man for His Burial. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3536, 14 June 1890, Page 2
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