LOWENSTEIN’S DEATH.
EVERY BONE! IN BODY BROKEN. (Australian Press Association —United Service.) CALAIS, July 21. A partial fracture of the skull and fractures of every bone in Captain Lowenstein’s body are disclosed by the autopsy requested by relatives. The indications are that he was alive l when he struck the water. The cause of death will not be decided till a toxicological examination has been completed. A French court will investigate the discovery of the body. . . , Explaining why the family desired an autopsy, Lowenstein’s brothers-in-law, Maitre Converd and Lieutenant Misonne, sa'id they suspected no one, but did not want someone after the burial saying he might have been poisoned before entering the aeroplane or might have died in the aeroplane and then been pushed out. Most extraordinary versions of the tragedv are being circulated, including a theory of murder following a squabby .Foard. , The relative,s state that this is absurd, as Lowenstein was strong enough to deal with two. or three men. The ""skipper of the fishing boat has been rewarded with £BO.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 July 1928, Page 7
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