TAXI-CAB TRAGEDY.
DEATH OF EVELYN WHITE. OUTCOME OF UNSOUND MIND. (Recoivod 12.5 a.m.) Heritor. LONDON. Sep). IJ. At the inquest regarding the death of Mr. H. G. Evelyn White, a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned. A brother of tho deceased stated that a week ago White was very upset and told him that Miss Nind had been pursuing him. He had told her that he had no affection for her and Miss Nind had threatened to commit suicide.
Tho deceased, a lecturer at tho Leeds University, and a well-known Egyptian archaeologist, committed suicide in a taxicab at Leeds. He was proceeding at the time to an inquest concerning the death of Miss Helen Nind, a music teacher, having been subpoenaed to attend. It was disclosed at the inquest on Miss Nind that she had poisoned herself. Tho proceedings revealed only a hint of tho love story behind the tragedy. Tho coroner Raid there was no suggestion of anything wrong between Mr. White and Miss Nind. beyond the fact that the girl was highly strung and apparently upset by a (juarreL
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18813, 13 September 1924, Page 11
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184TAXI-CAB TRAGEDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18813, 13 September 1924, Page 11
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