THE DEATH OF A GREEK.

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1906, Page 4

THE DEATH OF A GREEK.

A BELT CONTAINING £SOOO. ALLEGED TO HE MISSING. [nv telegraph—speciar. to tiik stau.] WELLINGTON, This Day. A missing holt containing' £6OOO was a subject raised at an inquest held at the Morgue yesterday afternoon by Mr dames Ashcroft, District Coroner, concerning the death of George Cassidy, a Greek, 62 years of ago. Deceased, it appeared, resided in Cornwall-piace. oil Walter street. On Thursday last he got a cartload of lirewood, and, whilst assisting to unload the vehicle, suddenly became uiddy, and three or four minutes later collapsed on the door of the cart. Dr Chappie was summoned, and on arrival ten minutes later pronounced life to be extinct. Subsequently he made a postmortem examination of the body, and found that death was due to heart failure. Ethel Cassidy, (laughter of deceased, in the course of her evidence, said her lather wore n bell, and when ho first canto from Fiji it contained AJif’CH notes. She did not know of his having snout the money. 'The last time she saw the belt was in Fiji some seven or eight weeks ago. Deceased had a barber's shop t here, but sold out. Witness had searched about, but con Id not find the money. The belt, she said, was made of canvas ijpd flannel. Constable F. J. Wilton deposed to having found six shillings and a penny on deceased. There was no belt on the body. lie did not take the clothing off, hut felt the body round the waist. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical testimony.