INQUEST AT WESTPORT.
STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES. _ ■ 1- ■ - ; THREE (MEN IN CUSTODY. " V.' Press Association. WESTPORT, May 10. ; At an inquest touching the death of Earnest John 'Burke, who was found in a stable in a dying state and ; who subsequently died, Hie doctor • ijiij gave evidence as to tiie numerous i cuts and bruises on deceased’s faco -xj and body, tiie nose being broken, buttelj lie did not think there bad been foul I i’ l a y- ' , kvM Later information suggests, how---,S| ever, that some serious charges have arisen over the affair. Three men are at .present in custody, one for leaving s.s. Canopus without leave. Ate Police inquiries are alsp being madeiM for the cook of the barque Teaora, A now in port. Tiie police are also / '; making inquiries as to t.lieir where- J j abouts on the night of the death of ill Burke.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2187, 11 May 1908, Page 2
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146INQUEST AT WESTPORT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2187, 11 May 1908, Page 2
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