ROMANCE, DRINK, AND DEATH.
s. -~ ' -■, —«. TiaE fapts.of a woman's caine out during an inquest bejel at Islington (London) on the body of Louisa Lewis or Belser, 65 years old. Wliileall the. service of the family of the late Earl of Shrewsbury, Miss Belser, who "was" tlietf 'sixteen*, '"rah away "to™"* be married f( .tQ / the John a ti'ewife, .J wiiof sfiortly! .'af tgrwavds i, [left? her and went to Australia. The deceased "s*ubsequen£ly"¥erved""as > lady's "maid'*Hnd"' lioiisekeeper- 'in ' manyt 1 : noble families, ■jhirty years ago,- beings' 'jfather rlown-in » thb ! lo'silig-her'aavinga in <■ speculations, l l! s'he Vent''to' live with ■ a, lady! fviend ' yarned' ifohnstone. . Latel'y the , deoeased-i-wht) I had received' £1 monthly from'tlle German Benevolent Society. • She 1 " was " vei'y indolent; and would often;lie in bed all day; , before 'her ideath, Miss' .fohustone; deemitig her friend'ill and re-' quiring medical aid, suggested - that she sho'nkl fetch a doctor^when decbased said, "If you bring a doctor heveI 1 will -knock ! youdowh andthe doctor too." "The , jury turned r a verdictthat the deceased died from syncope, her death being accelerated by habits of intem'peratice.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2325, 4 June 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)
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180ROMANCE, DRINK, AND DEATH. Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2325, 4 June 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)
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