OLD MAN'S DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 30, 5 February 1925, Page 8

OLD MAN'S DEATH.

AT AUCKLAND INFIRMARY. I -1 IIAVK 1.IVK1) UJNi; KNOl'tlll.'' I Ail inmate of the Auckland Infirmary. Krnest Heap, 74 years of age, died yesterday morning as the result uf taking I liniment. | It is understood that on Sunday mornj nip last at :> o'clock deceased drank ; from a bottle labelled "liniment." and I Inn when questioned by Dr. A. X. ! McKolvey be stated, "I've lived long ! enough. - ' When his son had been sent J for deceased told him that he bad made I a mistake in drinking from the wrong | bottle. Deceased was then sent to the j infirmary ward, where lie died uL .">.:10 i a.m. yesterday. I An inquest was held yesterday afterj noon, when evidence was given by the medical superintendent, Ur. McKolvey, I that he believed deceased made a mis•- --• jtake and drank from a bottle of lini- ' I ment instead of from a medicine bottle, i An inmate whose bed was alongside I that of deceased deposed thai early on I .Sunday morning' lie beard decease.l ! making a strange noise, mill on asking him what was the matter, deceased, who . j was unable to speak coherently, said: I"I have drank the contents of this I bottle. It is empty. 1 am tired of life." ! The coroner returned a verdict that | death was the result of heart failure following on the corrosive action of I liniment, which may have been taken j accidentally.