COINS LEAD TO DEATH
JUMP IN FRONT 0? TRAIN
Evidence that a schoolmaster jumped from a platform at Reading Station, presumably to recover something he had dropped on the line, and wa,s killed by an express train, was given at the inquest 011 Mr. Robeit Bricknejl Whicker, aged 06, of Faniborougb School, Sonning. It was stated that Mr. Whicker, who was deaf and short-sighted, had on him jottings of Latin verse which he had « been translating to while away the time on the journey. Percival Purdy, a porter, stated that just before the train entered, M r - Whicker put down his coat on the platform, and,' resting his hand on the edge, jumped down. " My impression," he added, " was that his action was deliberate, and that lie got down to recover something he had dropped. Three coins were later found on the line." The coroner pointed out that theN' was nothing to suggest .that Mr < Whicker intended taking his life, and the jury returned a verdict of " Deatn by misadventure."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22262, 9 November 1935, Page 2 (Supplement)
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170COINS LEAD TO DEATH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22262, 9 November 1935, Page 2 (Supplement)
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