VETERAN'S SUICIDE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16914, 1 April 1929, Page 12

VETERAN'S SUICIDE

LIVED IK SEW SEAIAKD SAN' FRAKCSSOO, Fob.. 20. Telegraphic nows sent from Astory Park in New Jersey status ttoa. J*r. Edwin Pve Turner OsiMMMfm. SsEyesr old veteran of the Crimean it ar. " t:» became a front-page news sensation three years ago when a grey-bearded deputy sheriff arrested him on a hall-century old charge of horse stealing. was found a suicide at Asbtiry Park. The *M phvsqraan was found lying on the floor of "his two-roam -shack by a patrolman. A revolver was in Ms hand And bullet wounds were found through his neck and side. Or. Cbbaideston frequently recounted his memorable pam«patson in the Crimean War. and was believed to he the last 'survivor resident in America o! that age-old straggle. He had stated that he had formerly lived in New Zealand, where hr held :• minor post with the Dominion Government many years ago. and it was under stood that he had lived tn Christchurch district-. . ....

Concerning the horse-stealing incident SO vears ago the Crimean veteran proved conclusively to the authorities thiee years ago that- it was a case of mistake-; iden;itv. and he reaffirmed tcsolotely that he had never been giuhy td stealing the horse complained of 111 the old warrant held by the sheriff. l>r, O&sbafdeston had rome on evil dny--and was financta'dy embarrassed of recent mouths, and evidently did not make his predicament known re the Wsr tlft'ice in London, W he -would have been place.' in the Old Cbelse* Pensioners' Home >: ljondon.