ON THE BORDERLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 147, 22 June 1909, Page 3

ON THE BORDERLAND.

I * I (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) j DUNEDIN, Monday. j An inquest on the human remains I found at Tomahawk on Saturday was j held to-day. The medical evidence was 1 to the effect that the remains were prob- • ably those of a woman. ! Dr. luilton gave evidence as to attend- ; ing a woman named Theresa Meade, about !35 years of age. She had told him she i was afraid to be by herself at night, or j during the day, and also that she would ■ put an end to herself. Witness thought i she was on the borderland of insanity, ; and he advised her relatives that she be I sent to a mental hospital. That was not j done, and he was not the least surprisgfl |to hear that she was missing, and tAat ' she was supposed to have drowned, her--1 self. j The coroner said that, taking everything into consideration, could be i little doTtht that the body <va S that of I Theresa. Meade, and that 'jeath was due Ito suicide by drowning o/t or about July !14 last, whilst temporr„4Jy insane. It J was regrettable, that feh« had not been | sent to a mental hospital, but no doubt | her relatives had taky.n every precaution .at the time.