FOUND SHOT

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 84, 4 July 1928, Page 6

FOUND SHOT

INGLEWOOD FATALITY; At Inglewood to-day the Coroner, Mr W- L. Kennedy, of Stratford, held an inquest Into the circumstances surrounding the death of Helga Alfred Holm who was shot at the rear of his homo in Rata Street, Inglewood. The evidence showed that deceased was a man of independent means who, with his wife, had been a resident at Inglewood for about 10 months. He was in the habit of shooting at the rear of his house. Yesterday morning his wife went to town Shopping, and deceased told a neighbour he was going shooting. The wife was driven home by Mr O’Neill, who found deceased lying dead on the property. ■ A shot gun was beside him, and his head 'was practically blown away. He had given no indication of despondency or of any intention of committing stt|cide> Deceased, was* 30 years of age. Mr Kennedy returned a verdict that deceased was hilled by the diß- - of a shot gun, thebe being no evidence to show whether the discharge was accidental.