DEAD IN LUPINS
MISSING WOMAN’S FOUND
POST MORTEM ORDERED.
A small boy playing in the lupins al St. Kikla yesterday afternoon made the discovery of the body of a woman lying among the undergrowth. At first he thought she was sleeping, but another view convinced him she was not breathing. The police were informed, and the body was found to be that of Georgina Waters, an unmarried woman of thirty-five years of ago, who had lived with her sister in Douglas street, and who had been missing since Tuesday.
An inquest on the body was opened at the morgue to-day before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M. (sitting as coroner). Sergeant McEntee represented the police.
Evidence of identification was given by Annie Waters, a sister of deceased, who said the latter underwent an operation in January of last year for some face trouble. Owing to her illness she had been depressed for some time. When she did not return home on Tuesday witness thought she had gone to visit some friends. On Wednesday she informed the police.
John Butler Allan, eleven years of age, who found the body, said he thought at first the woman was asleep. He had a second look and saw she was not breathing. Then he told the man at the tip.
Constable Palmer deposed that deceased was lying fully dressed in the lupins. She was lying in a natural position, and there were no marks of any struggle.
Dr Godfrey Barnett said that after examination of the body he could not say what was the cause of death. There were some marks on the skin.
The Coroner ordered a post mortem examination, and adjourned the inquest till 9.30 on Monday morning. -Evening Star, 6/1/1928.
A FUNEDIN FATALITY.
DUNEDIN, This Day. At the inquest on Mrs Georgina Waters, aged 35, who was found dead in the lupins at St. Kilda on Thursday last, medical evidence showed that the gullet was covered with an inflammatory membrane, showing that the delicate lining had been destroyed by some liquid swallowed shortly before death. The Coroner said there was no doubt the liquid had been self-administered. He adjourned the inquest for analysis of the contents of the stomach. -Ashburton Guardian, 9/1/1928.
DEATH BY POISONING.
When the inquest on Georgina Waters, an unmarried woman, 35 years of age, who was found dead in the lupines at St. Kilda Beach, was continued medical evidence was given that death was due to poisoning, but the nature of the poison was not known. A further adjournment was made to allow the police to find, if necessary, where the poison was procured. The inquest was concluded on Friday before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., sitting as coroner, but no fresh evidence was forthcoming.
The Coroner stated that the evidence satisfied him that the deceased committed suicide by poisoning while in a state of extreme mental depression caused by illness. -Otago Witness, 17/1/1928.
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