A MAN'S DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 129, 30 May 1908, Page 7

A MAN'S DEATH.

• : ;;-_ ji • ;* '- -:; SXPNEYV-May; 2* • A. .-woman was arrested afternoon in connection with : the death' Of a* man .whose name . has been given !*ie' George Jones, who~ died, early yesterday', morning at Sydney Hospital of i* frae- ; .tured.skull. ".. ,' .. '~ '/■_ ,' ".. *"' "":,'' : "ifones was taken to the hospital on; .Wednesday, and. from a statement it appeared' that he* fell down a flight of..steps at a' house in Botirke-street. Police investigations brought other, cir- ? cumstances ..to .light, in consequence'Of which the. woman was arrested. ,_',,;■■"-■•■'.' .From a statement made to the police," it appears that Jones—whovwas a hairdresser at Lithgow—and another man en-' gaged a,.cab' on "Wedriesdajr". They .visited, several ho^es .~.in.-'.Wlmer- : : street j and. afterwards drove "to. BpUrke- s ■street. Jones .got, but and ascended they ; steps of a house, as jf intending to feDtejr. - The', cabman saw him fall back to thVi footpath,' striking his he&d agaiiisf the ■pavement*. v .-.,..- - -.- ' ' -'* . At the Central Police Court afternoon Minnie Spieei , housekeeper, -was charged -with havilig at' Sydney, on May .21,. feloniously ehvia George. Jones. She was remanded on bail. .' .' . ....... "■' , *".' > , '