REMARKABLE SCENE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 25 March 1922, Page 5

REMARKABLE SCENE.

FUNERAL IN NORWICH

CHIEF MOURNER HISSED

j BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT LONDON, March 23. 1 An extraordinary demonstration took place at Norwich at the funeral of Mrs. - George, son and daughter. Thousands 1 gathered to witness the funeral, though' the time and place were kept secret. When the husband, xjallid an( j trembling, left the mourning coach he was. met by a storm of hissing, booing, and opprobrious epithets. When he left the cemetery the crowd, which was largely composed of women, continued their hooting vigorously. A previous wire stated that a most dramatic case had arisen at Norwich,, where a widespread newspaper scheme was initiated as a ,new year advertising dodge. The insurances included covers in respect to sickness, fire, street, railway and motoring accidents. The papers were competing in generosity and promptitude of payments. ! A fire recently broke out in the house of Frederick George, greengrocer, in which his wife, son and daughter were burned to death. George escaped. The jury at the inquest added a rider that George should have made a greater attempt to save the family. " ■ The coroner afterwards referred to the case in these terms: "George inSUJ'ed his wife and family in the newspapef scheme for £250, which was promptly paid. He must have immediately written' to the newspaper. If I had known this at the i':r.s of the inquest the verdict might have been different. Under the circumstances it looks like a serious case against George. I have communicated with the police/ 1