UNKNOWN MAN'S DEATH.
IDENTIFICATION BY FINGERPRINTS On the afternoon of Sunday a week back the body of a man. of apparently about 33 years of age was found, behind the V.M.C.A. buildings, in TVellesley Street East. It was revealed by the post-mortem that the man had died of lysol poisoning, which was corroborated by the finding, beside the body, of a lemonade bottle containing lysol. The only identification marks about the body and clothing consisted of the initial "J," tattooed on the man's left arm, the initial '"M" on the shirt, and a letter of recommendation made out in the initials "J.M." The usual police methods of identification were followed, and it is now reported that the finger impression taken from the hand of the deceased agTee with those of a man known to the police as James 'Moore. Moore had a wife anil two fhildren, who are believed to be in Wanghnui. I =====
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 102, 30 April 1913, Page 6
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154UNKNOWN MAN'S DEATH. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 102, 30 April 1913, Page 6
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