ERNEST BARRY’S NEPHEW

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12298, 18 November 1925, Page 7

ERNEST BARRY’S NEPHEW

CHALLENGING THE WORLD. Ifenfpr'* Ttlecram LONDON, November 16. F.rnest Barry, ex-wo?!<i’s champion sculler, h&s deposited £IOO for a match between his nephew Bert Barry and any other sculler in the world, foi £SOO a-side, over the Putney to Mortlake course. o’clock. He was then lying down on the mattress and very quiet. The coroner: When was the next inspection ? Witness: Not till Warder Gibson took over. The coroner: When you looked in did you notice the strap round his feet? Witness: Everything was complete. The ooroner: Did you have any instructions about putting a man on watch ? Witness: No. THE OBSERVING PRISONER Thomaa Newell, a prisoner, said that before the belt was placed on Hayden he was continually punching his head. He struggled while they were placing him in the belt. Witness watched th© deceased through the spyhole subsequently, and observed that he was incessantly walking about. To Chief-Detective Kemp: No unnecessary violence was used in the placing on of th© belt, on Hayden, and every consideration had been given to him. CORONER’S REMARKS VERDICT OF~~SUICIDE. The ooroner said that the ©\ idence showed that the deceased became insane at the Waitako prison, and was sent into Wellington prior to being committed to a mental hospital. He arrived at the Terrace Gaol on the 10th, and an application was made on the 11th for a warrant to commit him to Porirua. This warrant did not reach the gaoler until the 14th, and before it could be given effect to the prisoner was dead. On the morning of the 14th the prisoner became restless, and it became necessarv to place him in a belt and handcuffs with a strap round his legs. He was last seen about 12.30 p.m., and a few minutes after 1 o’clock he was found dead. It was clear that he had committed suicide. It seemed strange on the face of it that he should have th* 1 facilities