DEATH IN GARAGE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 10 January 1936, Page 2

DEATH IN GARAGE

CARBON MONOXIDE GAS SIR G. ELLIOT SMITH’S SON LONDON, Ist January. A verdict of accidental death, due to carbon monoxide poisoning, was returned at the inquest on Stephen Elliot Smith, son of Sir G. Elliot Smith, who was found dead at bis father’s house in London. The dead man’s brother, Dr. Arthur Elliot Smith, .gave evidence that Stephen at 11.15 p.m.~ on Boxing Day said lie was going to “run over the car,’’ as he expected a buyer. The witness added that he had previously warned Stephen that it was dangerous to wqrk on the car when the garage doors were closed and the engine was running. ITis mother went to the garage at 2.30 a.m. on Friday and found the doors closed and Stephen dead. Sir G. Elliot Smith has not been informed of his son’s death owing to his illness. Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, who was horn at Grafton, New South Wales, in 1871, is professor of anatomy at University College, London. He is an eminent anthropologist and has written many works on Egyptology.