FOUND DEAD ON THE BEACH.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION - .] Hokitika, Monday. Ox Saturday last a boy found the body of a man lying on the sea beach near Hokitika. It was fully dressed. There was no flesh whatever on the head, and the eyes were fone. The body had , evidently been there for some days. In the coat pocket was found a Post Office Savings Bank book in the name of Bernard Heslin, depositor. The book showed Heslin had drawn out of the bank, en the 11th inst., £5. In one of his trousers pockets £5 6s in cash was found. In the other three revolver cartridges. A small revolver, quite new, was found close to the body, one of the chambers was loaded, and another had been discharged. Aα inquest was held this afternoon, and the jury returned a verdict that deceased, Bernard Heslin, came by his death by a pistol shot, whether by accident or otherwise there was no evidence to show.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6346, 21 March 1882, Page 5
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