A SOLDIER'S DEATH.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14406, 17 May 1917, Page 8

A SOLDIER'S DEATH.

The inquest at Dunedin regarding tho <3eath of Charles Henry Qmnn, late quartermaster on a troopship, wtich to-as adjourned by the Coroner (Mr Bartholomew) to hear the evidence of Captain Buxton, has been concluded (says tho 'Times"). Captain Buxton, in the course of his examination, said that at first he presumed that the deceased's absence from the ship was owing to his feeing "on the bust." He learned differently, however, and gave.instructions iov "the military police to take charge «f Quinn ,and return him to the ship. 3 he Coroner handed witness the deceased's letter regarding worry over shortages on the vessel. Witness said the deceased had been worrying, but further questions elicited the" statement •(■hat the -jnatters concerned were not those is the mind of the Coroner. The host way to put it was that deceased was worried over his work. The Coroner said the evidence showed that the deceased was of sober habits «us<l good character, a::d from tho contents of the letter the only conclusion Jio could come to was that" tho deceased's" mind was unhinged at the time. He returned * formal" verdict that the deceased committed suicide "by shooting lumself while of unsound mind.