AN UNFORTUNATE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 1 May 1913, Page 5

AN UNFORTUNATE.

WANGANUI MAN'S SAD END.

{Per Press Association.) .AUCKLAND, Anril 3(X On the afternoon of Sunday weefe, _ back, the^body of a man of ' apparently---35 years of ■ age ■ was found'"behind tfio V.M.C.A. buildings in Wolkrjav Street. East. It was revealed by tho.post-mor-tem that the man had "died of IysoIH". poisoning, which was corroborated. Tryfinding beside the body a bottle icoljrtaining lysol. The only identifioatiolra:: marks about the body and clothing cojx- ■.' R-isted of tho initial "J" tattooed or^t the left arm., the initial "M" on: the shirt, and a letter o_f .rooo-mmeuda'ticre:-made out in .the initials "J.M." :TTi6::' usual pC'lice methods of identification' wore followed, and it is now reported: .Z that a finger impression taken. frorir the-hand cf the deceaficd agixjes wrCfit: ■■■-■ those of a man known to the police a&~James Moore. Moo.T'e -had a wife ancF' two ■children, who. are believed to I.c-:' in Wang-aiiui. ' \

Moore wins <at one time cleaner at tn&*' iooal Post Office,,_ but received-, sismonths' imprisonment for thaftn front the mail-room. The ter.nl expired about s;x weeks ago, and •. it is sa-kl that Moore had been brooding and liatfe lieeu addicted to drink since.