MAN FOUND DROWNED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17347, 19 December 1919, Page 8

MAN FOUND DROWNED.

■ : • EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY. ! RESIDENT OF TAKAPUNA. The identity of the . middle-aged man whose body was found floating in the harbour off Queen's Wharf on Wednesday morning has nob been definitely established, but there is fairly conclusive evidence that the deceased was Mr. John Henry Wilson, a labourer generally known as "Dick" Wilson, who lodged recently at Takapuna, and whose parents, it is thought, live at Hamilton. An inquest was opened yesterday by the coroner, Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M. John N. Collins, who lodged with John Henry Wilson, said he last saw him alive at the waterside workers' room in Quay Street, on the morning .of December 8. Viewing the body, he recognised the deceased by a scar on his cheek, by the teeth, by portions of the clothing, and by the cigarette stains on his fingers. He did not report his disappearance, as deceased had been away before and had told him to take no notice, of his temporary absence. The evidence of constables Martin and Fisher was to the effect that the body had been in-, the water for about a week or ten daysV All that was found on it were a penny and a Takapuna ferry ticket. At this stage the inquest was ajourned for further evidence.