THE RECENT FATALITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14321, 11 October 1910, Page 3

THE RECENT FATALITY.

DEATH OF EliYVAlil) U'NEIL. I_VQ L"EST AD J0 UK NED. An inquest touching the- death of Edward O'Neill, whose body was found in the sea at the foot of Dashing; Rocks on Sunday, was held in th? Courthouse yesterday morning, before -Mr V. (i. Day. District. Cc-n.'iier. Ser goant Bowman represented the police.

Kvidence was tendered ty the effort that, deceased, a. labourer, rvbnuf oU vi-iiiti or age, left his homo on Saturday morning at 1U o'clock and returned between 4 and 5 in the afternoon, leavmg again at 5.30 p.m., when he gave his wife to understand that hewas going to buy a horse for his mail contract. The who and son of the deceased said that there- had been no trouble in the family and tlu-y knew of nothing that would cause iiirn to do away with- himself. JrJe had been in good spirits on Saturday.

Questioned bv the 0--.r-i.iifr Mrs O'Neill snid thai; she did riot think her husband liiul much m.iiey on him. when Ik- left home. There iras ihe sum of <:'■) in the lu-use and defused had a banking account in iTmani.

The Coroner said that ii seemed likely that :i. mau would take mm y v.-iLh him ii' he were e-oine t,, buy a horse.

Console McLean said that on -miudav mmnine; h.- «ih iiiti-.niK-.-d ilia; a hods- had been seen ih.atine in iiiu ualer al Dashine. Reeks. With C'-oll-stablc i'ender he went u, ilie spot iiitii found the bndv now in the nuritue. They pulled it ashore and .i'.;i:nd ;i lame sack, with a sit no weitdiine about half a cwt.. tied round the neck. Life v.-as extinct. On tlie "o-p of lb., ell!'.'-, were fnurd a coat, vr-4 and hat: there were three shillings in the pockets. There were no marks of violence, th.nmh the head was blecdinu: from n cut where it lia<l been rubbing; against the rocks. When the body was examined at the morgue no further murks were found. The Cor-mer said lhat he v.ould re-

quire further evideiu • to shew -,\ hers defeased had been after f,.:}(l on S-it-urdav. The police w.mld pvohably be able'to find witnesses who had seen hint after that time, and as there v as a possibility of feu! play, they eould also ascertain how much money he had about him on Raturd.av. and whether he had drawn a clmoee. He would adjourn the inquest till 10 a.m. on Th'ursdav.