Inquest

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 3141, 13 February 1900, Page 5

Inquest

LAn inquest was held -on. Saturday on the circumstaiioea attending the death of Ann ThtWj Whaww»found«dead<in her-bed:on 'Friday tnorningj;* before aMc F. . Wayne j(a6tihg ; d6rorier), and.ajuiyt>fabt,roonfiifltifig 'o^M'esßi*>*ir. sA^©othie,^W. eWalker, J. ' li^U^'W'Mdroney^ V. ißeid^and • * «^ Q. \ BlaSkf of whoni'-M^Tleia was bhoaen fore' n£B£.^.- vWfr;?^ 1 Jna^?:' Hcctß -At I.,'*™ -fhe juryf after J ?ieWrng;tlies66'dy called-our Robert Tbow, Wbb deposed «baC deceased wwhis^Uhc^ ;s pe^t ? sa'Wfier allre^n fh'irsdtiY morning when Beemed to be in her usual state of healtli. 1s! 0f latfe flHe had not- been very strong, bub never 66mpained much at any time. He Mterwards saw^deceased ,on Friday morning, sKe was then dead. .., Witness^ t could, not jsay " what 3 time., deceased -went^o' bedfpn^Thursday nighty ■:.. = , yr ,'.-..-y : -,b ..i-^Vv ■...'. ■.■^■■•■n s Isabella Thow, .daughter, . of deceased, deposed > that 31 she. saw; : , .her ' mother on Thursday night about 9 o'clock when going to bed. ... Deceased, did not complain oi being ill, bdt remarked that she felt better, than usuaL r She often suffered from weakness, and about sixweeks ago complained of pains in' the chest. Ib was about half-past six when she saw deceased- on Friday morning. She was quite unconscious but seemed to be breathing Blightly. Witness then sent for Stewart; Who; on arrival, pronounced Hfe' to be extinct. ' Deceased slept with her grand-daughter. '- She ' was never in the habit of taking medicines and there was no laudanum or any such thing kept in the house. " /''"' _ ..' :; '■"■";"'." ■■ ' '" '■' : ' ' ; ■ Jessie i Thbw, aged 3,0 years, also gave evidence. ' Dr. Stewart deposed that he was called shortly before 7 o'clock on Friday morning to. go to 'deceased's house. On arrival he found her dead in bed. He examined the body, but found no external marks nor any' trace of having taken poison. He believed that death was due to failure of the heart's j action, probably weakened -by chronic structure or disease, such as ossification of the arteries whioh supply the heart with blood. The body appeared like that of a healthy person. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the doctor's evidence, that death was due to natural causes.