A CHINESE SUICIDE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 762, 10 March 1910, Page 4

A CHINESE SUICIDE.

. " . . ————$ — ■'.' , ■■:-. .: HANGS HIMSELF IN HAININa, ,".; . : 7.STREET. ■ '-. :: When on duty at G a.m. yesterday,-Cod*-. stable Fischer .was informed that a Chiiw ese had hanged himself in Haining Street He ■ proceeded to the., spot and found :a : body, hanging by a rope from a tree' at ; ■ the. side of house No. U. He. cut down the body and removed, it, to the' morgue. The deceased was recognised as -Ning Gow, who bad only arrived from Nek son. on' Saturday last, since when hij. had been residing at the house of Chew , . Queen, a. tobacconist,. in Haining Streets : r : • / THE.INQUEST.:-, ''; ; An inquiry into death of . theChinese was held by .Mr. : Hasplden,'S.M.,.'. at the morgue yesterday morning.: .;■;■-. Chow Queen, a : grocer, '■' residing m Haining Street, testified that he.. 'had', known the deceased for twenty yearsid' , . China and New Zealand. He was a gardener by 'trade.'and had been in Nelson. He •' came to Wellington Inst Saturday and stayed .at his. (Queen's) house. Hβ.-. seemed in good health, but was a.Tory,; quiet fellow. .'On ;Tuesday -evening:. ; h»; c , went to bed ■ about: 11 o'clock' at another' Chinaman named She Teru oo" cupj'ing a bed in the same room." About' 5.30 or G yesterday morning, witness went outside into, the garden and saw , the body of the deceased hanging from a tree by a rope round his neck. He was quite dead. Witness , went inside, and woke up Temi, who was sound asleep; He sent May Cronin~ (who resided in the house) to inform the police, and she returned with Constable Fischer, who cut the body down. Deceased was about. -18 years of oge. Witness did not know-if deceased had any. mp:iey-:he had not seen any on him. Deceased smoked no opium ami did not gamble. He had a wife in China. Witness thought deceased had " keen in New Zealand for;' the last twelve years.- :V -'-'■ She Tom (interpreted) said., ho .was a gardener. Ho came to Wellington' from Nelson last Saturday:; Had known .Nine '•- Gow there, for .three years., They/stayed, nt Queen's. He did no'f.kiiow how much money deceased had. .: They had come to Wolliuston on a holiday trip. He ' went to sleep on Tuesday at 11.15 p.m_ . and did not wake until Queen callea him up when he went out and saw deceased hanging from the tree.. Constable Fischer testified ' to-"'■ being''• called to Queen's house at C a.m.'yes-': terday. He saw the body ; of- the -de-... ceased hanging;on a tree, and cut the; body down. Tlie man was fully.dressed,.' but hnd no boots or,, hat'' on. A search of deceased's ■ revealed a, return •saloon from Unison *o -Wellington, and a pawn ticket from 11.--J.. llctzjiof Taranaki Place;, for a silver watch, dated March 8. There was also a purse, con- . killing 3s. !)d. in cash,-: . She Tem, recalled, said that Ning Gow had his own garden in Nelson; He had seven or night,men working for him. . lie did not .know ..how..deceased came to bo without'money. He had-met deceased in Nelson and had informed him that he (witness) wa.< ■.■oing'to-look for ; a job in Wellington, irhcroupon. d(v.'. ceased said he would como too. ■:'. The coroner said the voidict would bo . by hanging. ' : ".'