DEATH IN LONDON
—oNEW ZEALAND WIDOW CORONER'S OPEN VERDICT LONDON, Oct. 14 At the inquest into tho death of Mrs. Roso Rhodes, widow of a barrister of Canterbury, New Zealand, who fell 60 feet from tho window of her son's flat in Chelsea, tho coroner, Mr. Ingleby Oddie, returned a verdict that there was not sufficient evidence to show whether it was a case of accidental death or suicide. "My experience shows that the vast majority of cases like this are suicidal," said tho coroner. " Naturally the relatives have always endeavoured to show that, death was accidental," continued tho * coroner. "It is possible but improbable that this was an accidental fall. Marks under the window apparently were made while Mrs. Rhodes was getting out and suspending herself from the window." The son gave evidence that his mother arrived from New Zealand in June without any troubles and lived happily with his wife and himself.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21315, 17 October 1932, Page 9
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