CRYING MAN’S PLEA
PATHETIC SCENE AT INQUEST. Crying bitterly at the inquest on his wife, who died after childbirth, William Ellgopd, a young out-of-work labourer, of Tooting Junction, says a London newspaper, pleaded that she should be saved from a pauper’s grave. The husband stated that he had tried in vain to get work. There was a baby three weeks old, and another child three years old. His wife, himself, and the two children had been living in one room. He was in arrears with the rent, and had to seek parish relief. “I do not know where to turn for help.” he added. Recording a verdict of “ Natural causes,” the coroner expressed the hope that publicity given to the case might result in help being forthcoming. He allowed the husband an extra fee as witness, and a doctor and the reporters present subscribed a small sum for the benefit of the family.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21627, 23 April 1932, Page 15
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153CRYING MAN’S PLEA Otago Daily Times, Issue 21627, 23 April 1932, Page 15
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