1 houseboy, said that he had been in Mr. de Bavier's service for nine years. At 7.45 a.m. on Monday Mr, de Bavier had his bath and then went back to bed and had breakfast. At 10 a.m. he told witness to call Mr. Berthel and Mr.
Barkhardt, At 11 a.m., when these Sevier tid witness to. get him some tlemen had gone away, Mr. de
note paper and envelopes. Ten minutes Inter he told witness to remove the unused paper and envelopes, bat not to touch the—two written envelopes on the side table. At 11.30 a.m. witness was dozing,|' near the telephone, when he was arouse edby the sound of a shot. He heard only one shot. He went immediately into Mr. de Bavier's bedroom and saw bia waster lying on the bed with his mouth open. Blood was running from his mouth. The revolver was clasped in his right hand, which was lying sctoss his chest. The muzzle of the revolver was pointing upwards. Witness at once went downstairs and reported the matter to Mr. Burkhardt Me. Berthel, who then went up-mide mixture. He last saw deceased slive on Sunday afternoon, when he spent about an hour in his company. He said he did not feel well. Witness thought Mr. de Bavier called him in to have a friendly chat more than for anything else. He was not really sick; he had no bodily ailment. It was more mental depression than sickness. Witness was not alarmed at his condition, but thought that he was annoyed shoat something.
This concluded the evidence, and the Coroner found that Ernest de Bavier died from a ballet wound in the head st about 11.30 am, on February 17, 1908, and that such wound was self-inflicted whilst the deceased was in a depressed mental condition caused by business worries.
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