Conclusion of the Inquest: the Coroner's Verdict The inquest was resumed at H. M. Police Court on Friday last vy Mr. G. W. King, Coroner, on George Tyler, locomotive foreman on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, who met his death under tragic circumstances last Sunday evening.
Dr. N. Hay Bolton, who examined the body, said that he had been unable to discover any injury to the brain of deceased. The bullet had penetrated a surprisingly short distance into his head. was due to haemorrhage. In reply to Det.-Insp. Prince, witness said the wound had undoubtedly been self-inflicted.
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Mr. R. J. Glendinning, Chief Traffic Inspector, said he went to see deceased at a little after five o'clock. They usually held informal discussions together over their respective duties. On this occasion they wanted to make arrangements for sending a driver and fireman to attend an inquiry at Soochow on the Monday following. He saw deceased in his dining room. Mrs. Tyler one is youngest daughter, Hilda, were also there. He asked witness if he would take tea. They then talked on general topics. Then they all went out into the garden. After stopping to watch the children playing tennis, they walked round to the house again. When witness intimated that_he would have to be returning to Markham Road, deceased pressed him to stay a little while Jonger. Mr. Glendinning said he had been talking for about 15 minutes with Mrs. Tyler, when she exclaimed, "Where's father?" Five minutes afterwards her daughter Caroline said her father was lying down. Witness went to find him. His friend was lying on the floor of the box room in a pool of blood. A revolver lay at his right hand side.
In answer to the Coroner witness said deceased appeared to be perfectly normal. In the garden he had been talking in a rational manner. Witness was certain that there had been absolutely nothing to trouble deceased, and not the least. blame attaching to him over the Soochow inquiry just referred to. He had not had a holiday for a number of years past, on account, he said, of receiving such a small salary. He had often expressed a wish to take a holiday.
The son of the late Mr. Tyler, George W. Tyler, recalled that he was playing tennis in the garden, when his sister Caroline came and told him that deceased was lying down in box room. Witness found his father in the same condition as related by the former witness.
The Coroner—Were you aware that your father had a revolver Yes. It was kept in a gun case
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