FOUND HANGING

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2972, 9 August 1928, Page 4

FOUND HANGING

BODY IN PLANTATION. EOTO-O-IvANGI SENSATION. At 1 p.ni. yesterday the local police received a telephone communication from Eoto-o-rangi that an elderly Dalmation named Sim Angjelinovich, had discovered the body of a man hangingin a plantation of trees on the property of Mr H. C. Bertelsen. The body was suspended from the limb of a tree, by a thin rope, about three yards in from the main To Awamutu-Cambridge road. The position of the body was in full view of the road. Immediately on receipt of the information Constable E. Jones, accompanied by Mr J. .Douce, proceeded to the scene, and on arrival found that the body had been cut down by Mr A. Bertelsen. Its condition indicated that death had probably taken place the previous night. The body was brought into Cambridge to Mr Douce's mortu-

An examination was marie by the police, but nothing was found that would help establish the man’s identity.

The body was that of a well-built man of about 30 years of age, sft Bin in height, clean shaven, with dark brown hair, and blue eyes, and wearing an artificial top set of teeth. The man was well-dressed in a striped grey suit, new Battersby grey felt hat, black shoes and socks and a heavy black overcoat. The whole of the man’s attire was in good condition, and did not appear to be the belongings of a tramp. The police made numerous inquiries, but the man is unknown to anyone in the district, while settlers stated that they had not observed a stranger about. The elderly Dalmation, who discovered the body, was in the neighbourhood the previous day gathering firewood, but noticed nothing unusual. An inquest will be held.