SHOCKING SHOOTING CASE AT NELSON.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7280, 24 September 1884, Page 2

SHOCKING SHOOTING CASE AT NELSON.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Nelson, September 23,

A sad case of supposed suicide took place last night, about 10 o’clock, A young man named Harry Crosswalk son of Mr Croswell, chief clerk in the Nelson Post Office, had been to the weekly drill of tho Naval Brigade, of which be was a member, and returned home between 9 and 10 o’clock ; but, instead of entering tho house, went into an outhouse, where the fatal occurrence took placo. His mother heard the report, butdid not think it was on their premises. On his father coming home he went looking to see if all was safe, when, to bis horror, he found deceased dead, shot through the heart. Medical aid was summoned, but ho was beyond human assistance. He was iu the full uniform of his company, and in bis carbino was an empty cartridge case, and in the pouch there were nine loaded cartridges. Deceased was about 19 years old, and had been employed in the Colonist office for two or three years. He was a general favorite among his comrades. Later. At the inquest on Harry Silvers Crcgawell no evidence throwing additional light on the melancholy affair was adduced, and no motive for tho suicide appears. He was In good spirits shortly before his death, and it is thought he met with an accident. Tho verdict returned was that he died from effects of a gua shot wound, hut there wai no evidence to show by whom inflicted.