An inquest was opened on the body of Henry Harvey Pool, who died at No 22 Quinsan Gardens, on Febraary 25.
Annie Maria Richards recognized the body as that of Henry Harvey Pool. Witness was a cousin to deceased's mother. Witness last saw the deceased alive on the 11th instant, He was thea in a ricsha on Szechuen Road, and said "Good morning " and waved his band. Deceased had been second and third engineer on the str. Kiangteen for six or seven years, who had been in Chi teen years did not visit quently, Witness bad never heard deceased complain of being a sick man and ske did not know whether he bad bad any money troubles lately. The deceased was born on October 5, 1877.
The inquest was adjourned until March 1 at 2 p.m.
Shanghai, March 1.
The inquiry into the cause of the oath of Henry Harvey Pool, who died at No. 22 Quinsan Gardens, on Febroary 25, was continued.
Grace French said that she resided at 22 Quinsan Gardens.
was living in her house. He hed een living there for nearly four years. Witness last saw him alive on Friday morning about three o'clock. The first time witness knew that deceased was ill was on Thursday morning at nine o'clock when she went to see why he had not come downstairs, At that time witness saw deceased asleep she did not think it was a nataral sleep, and seeing a bottle of chlorodyne near she thought that he had taken some chlorodyne and it did not agree with him. Witness telephoned to the Nursing Home and the General Hospital bat could not get a doctor, so secing a motor-car on the opposite side of the road she sent a gentleman out to see if it belonged to a doctor and Dr. Bieger came in. An examination of deceased followed, the doctor went away and retarned, remaining with deceased for quite two hours administering powders and applying a stomach pump. At five o'clock he retarned and prescribed again. In reply to witness's query the doctor said that there was danger of heart failure, Mr. Pool seemed to rally. He spoke to witness in the afterthought he was it. Later in the evening, however, deceased began to vomit, bat be said that he was getting
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