FOUND HANGING
MAORI WOMAN'S DEATH
YOUNG FAMILY LEFT
A Maori widow, Lena Swan, aged 42, was found at 7.30 a.m. to-day hanging in a shed at her home at Steel road, Tamarau, Kaiti. The husband of the deceased died 18 months ago and she leaves a family cf four young children.
The inquest was opened this morning before the coroner, Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., and was adjourned sine die.
A daughter of the deceased, Lillian Swan, aged 16, said that her mother had been ill for some time and had been acting strangely. The family went to bed at 7 p.m yesterday and the witness did not hear her mother stirring during the night. She awoke at 7.30 a.m. and found that her mother was no longer in bed. Upon making a search the witness discovered the body.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19697, 1 August 1938, Page 8
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139FOUND HANGING Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19697, 1 August 1938, Page 8
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