LONELY DEATH

Southland Times, Issue 21743, 1 July 1932, Page 8

LONELY DEATH

MARRIED WOMAN HUSBAND’S TRAGIC DISCOVERY CHILD BESIDE MOTHER (Per United Press Association.) Rotorua, June 30. Death in a lonely house on the shores of Lake Roto Ehu overtook Muriel Ida Angell, a married woman, sometime between 8:30 a.m. on Saturday and 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday. Her little daughter, aged two and ahalf years, was found asleep beside her when her husband made the tragic discovery on Wednesday evening. The child was well but evidently had been crying and had not bean able to obtain food. She was too young to be able to tell the sad talc of the lonely death which had overtaken her unfortunate mother.

When discovered by her husband Mrs Angell was lying upon her bed fully dressed. The body disclosed no signs of violence. The husband had left home at 8.30 on Saturday morning and did not return until after dark on Wednesday. The house is situated in a very lonely spot on the shores of Lake Roto Ehu, the nearest neighbour being three miles away, which probably accounts for the death remaining undiscovered. The police are investigating.