EVERY BONE BROKEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 172, 23 July 1928, Page 7

EVERY BONE BROKEN.

Steps To Scotch Lowenstein Rumours. FANTASTIC STORIES CONTINUE (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) PARIS, July 22. A French Court is now investigating the cause of the death of Captain Lowenstein. An autopsy has disclosed the fact that deceased sustained a partial fracture of the skull and that every bone ill bis body was broken. The indications are that he was alive when he struck the water after falling from the 'plane. The actual cause of death will not be decided until a toxieological examination has been completed. In explaining why the Lowenstein family desired the autopsy to be performed deceased's brothers-in-law, Ma it re Converd and Lieutenant Missonne. said they did not suspect anyone, but they did not want someone "after the burial saying Captain Lowenstein might have been poisoned before he entered the aeroplane or might have died in the aeroplane and then been pushed out.

Most extraordinary versions of the tragedy are being circulated, including the theory of murder after a quarrel oil board the plane. Deceased's relatives say this is absurd, as Captain Lowenstein was strong enough to have dealt with two or three men. The master of the fishing boat which recovered the body has been given a reward of £SO.