FATAL DRINK OF ACID.
MISTAKEN 1 FOR WHISK£ [Br TELKOBAPH— ASSncUTli>Jl.''3pi[ , DUNEDDJ, FridM# •The inquest into . the: death of/Jamil Walter Shearer, who died on Satpfojk concluded to-day., The deceased was Jriet by a constable in the street on July '22sJft a dazed condition, and was' taken to the hospital. He gave dication that he had been 'given drill by other men, but when interviewed & the hospital on several occasions he tffe verv reticent. ..-. .".; \ .'. -' : .
The coroner returned a verdict : that the cause of death was uraition following corrosion of the throat trough taking a corrosive acid. There jras no evidence to show how or in what form the; acid 'was taken or administered. •" ''''V"■';%
( In giving this verdict the coroner said the deceased, who was. 49 years of ago, lived at Gore prior to his war service, and afterwards was in a weakly state. For a time it appeared the deceased was keeping something back concerning the night before the police found him. ■ The corona 1 did not think it was a'case of suicide, liit probably the deceased drank soma 'concoction, which he thought was:. whisk?, but which contained acid. ~'< *; ■';.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17901, 1 October 1921, Page 9
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