WELLINGTON WOMAN’S DEATH

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1930, Page 9

WELLINGTON WOMAN’S DEATH

ADJOURNED INQUEST RESUMED.

REQUEST MADE TQ f DOCTOR. By Telegraph;—Press Association. Wdliugton, Oct 21. Adjourned from September 26 in order that' further evidence ’ might be called, the inquest into the deathtof Inez: Pearl Hunt, aged 25, a married woman who was admitted to the Wellington hospital on September '4 and died six days later, was continued to-day. Two witnesses, whose evidence wag taken yesterday, were Charles Lindow, Irving, a carpenter, who had been keep-, ing company with Mrs. Hunt for some time prior to her death, and Dr. G.. Cope-Cotton, who ordered the removal to the hospital on the evening, of' Sep* tember 4, - Charles Lindow Irving said that hej had been living in Wellington about two years and had got to know Mrs, v Hunt about three or four months after his arrival. She told witness that she was a) married woman living apart .’from-Jiet! : husband. He had.kept her from shortly after his : arrival "• i« Wellington until the time of haf\aa§ussion to the hospital. About t\yb ; ?ipi>slhs prior to her admission to the. hospital Mrs. Hunt told witness been in a certain condition a half months. tX-Sy-'v ; Witness refused to answer qwtiona vfrith. regard to a visit to Brooklyn np the ground that they might, incriminate him. He returned to his bach" on’ the day the woman was admitted to) tha .... hospital and found her lying oh the bed in a serious condition. She said 1 she had. , fallen from a tram-car. Continuing, wit- /. ness said that he (knew that’, Mrs. Hunt •Went to see Dr. Cotton, in Elizabeth Street, on the Monday prior .to herdd- -/■' mission to the hospital? Witness waited, outside, and when Mrs. Hunt came away rr from the doctor’s, said 4uai the •ddetor had told r W’’’th&ushe .had been in the condition mentioned dpi twjfc months and a half. _ .7

VISIT OF THE - 1 After witness had givect>- cfec^ased; * glass of hot water,he waited to ring for the doctcf'rL'bui him to ring Nurse Anderton. ' HArqng;Nurse Anderson, asking he^.if the young lady who ‘was at her place a fortnight or'.so before." .TW nurse stayed in the bach about three or four minutes, and then, on? moving out of the house, asked witness to. ring for the < doctor. He summoned ;Dr.-Cotton. When the doctor arrived he asked him to come y. . in. Nurse Anderson was still in the room where Mrs. Hunt was. They were ; in the room between five and ten min-, utes, Nurse Anderson coming out first. She asked witness 5 tp ring for the ambulance, which he did.' ■' Dr. Cotton said . nothing to. witness ,wlftm he came out Witness, eceimpanicd Mrs. Hunt in the ambulance as far hs'the Wellington host ■ v pital, where she%is admitted under thel name Dr. Gebrge. Regwiald Cope-Cotton said that Mrs,'Hqnt-came to see him on September 1, but he fiad not seen or known her preyipusjy.>,She gave the name of Irving. She' "said she came to witness because she wanted him to do a certain operation. She* told witness that «ha had been in the. condition mentioned for about three months. She said she had been taking drugs, and it was obvious to "witness that she was well-nigh poisoned. She looked far from well. . REFUSAL TO OPERATE. Witness said that he could not pWM cure. the. result she sought. He did not examine her, but merely, felt her pulM» < She'said to him: “I’ll do it myself, then.” „ She paid him, nothing. He waa quite* satisfied to let her go. On September 4 he had an urgent call at 6.30 p.m<,..fb 117 Sydney Street West, ff® was .ifiet by a man. whom he thought wasthfe previous witness, Irving. Irving said: “Keep quiet. I don’t want anyone to- know you are here,” and then led witness into, the bach, which was about 25 yards back from the road. On going into the bach witness was astonished to see Nurse Anderson there. He said: ‘‘Hello, nurse,,is that you? What is the trouble here?” to which Nurse Anderson sajd: “The patient here is supposed to have fallen off a tram.” !• “I said,” continued witness, “good, gracious, this*woman came to see uift two or three days ago. On examination I came to.the conclusion that she was in a state of collapse; I found some paper and wrote an admission slip to the hospital. I wqs in the bach only : _ about seven minutes. Mrs. Hunt’s pulse was 130 and 140, which was alarming, the normal rate being about 76.- / To tho coroner witness said he could not tell wether it was possible that deceased walked to .the bach just prior to his coming. She was' in a very low t-tate. He considered that Mrs. Hunts life might have been saved if she had received, immediate, attention, but It would have been a remote chanos,