JAN UPHOLSTERER'S DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 10 July 1922, Page 5

JAN UPHOLSTERER'S DEATH.

i SUICIDE BT DROWNING. j i DECEASED SUFFERED FROM j j DEPRESSION". I j Early yesterday morning the budy uf j I Frank Kelleway. an upholsterer, ami a j j married man. is years of age. residing j with hie wife and two children at 10, j Couldrey Street, Eden Terrace, was j I found lying in six inches of water twelve I yards from the edge of a cliff adjoiniujj ! fientinel Road Beacli, Ponsonby. The | body was limp, and had apparently only | been in tlie water a few hours. His ! overcoat and cap were found on a ledge on tlie side of the cliff opposite the i body. There was no thoroughfare, and ; the spot where deceased was found was ' not a locality for any person to go under I ordinary conditions. The tide »"a.s out. There were no marks of violence on the I body, and deatli had apparently been ! caused by drowning. The inquest touching the death was j held this morning by tlie coroner (Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M.h Norman Kelleway said that deceased was his brother, and was 4S years of age. He was married and had two children. Daisy Kelleway, wife of the. deceased. deposed that, for a number of years ho had suffered from nervous trouble. About five weeks ago deceased said he was afraid that his brain would snap. He appeared very distressed on Friday evening and was worrying about his work. On Saturday morning witness and her [husband went to see a specialist, but on alighting from a tramcar in Queen Street he lost all recollection of the nam, of the specialist. Both went to the Seventh Day Adventists , Church on Saturday morning and to a tent meeting in Upper Queen Street in the afternoon. They retired to l»ed that night, at 11 p.m. About 8 a.m. yesterday her eldest boy informed witness that his father was not in bed. They slept in the same room, but in separate bed?. Deceased was in the habit of getting up early and going for walks. Sergeant Waterman testified ac to the finding of the body. A verdict was returned by tlie coroner that the deceased committed suicide by drowning whilst in a state of unsound mind.