THE INQUEST.
At the Inquest on the body of Edward Loft, the evidence did not throw much fresh light on the tragedy. Emma Bury, the niece, states that on Loft firing she Sot up and ran out of the house, when Loft followed hor and tried to choke her. She said there had been quarrels between ♦he husband and wife, but he never struck her but once. He was of a jealous disposition. The jury returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane. Mrs Loft is still alive, but no hope 3 are entertained of her recovery.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 6008, 11 October 1887, Page 2
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97THE INQUEST. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 6008, 11 October 1887, Page 2
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