Death Due to Excessive Heat H. M. Coroner (Mr. G. W. King) opened an inquest at the Mortuary on Monday afternoon with reference to the death of Joseph Gardiner Moore, aged about 40, one of the masters at the Thomas Hanbury School, whose death occurred in Hongkew Park about noon on that day. His curious manner had attracted attention, and when be complained of being ill, the police ambulance was sent for. Deceased collapsed immediately afterwards, and died before the ambulance arrived to convey him to hospital.
Mr. W. D. Anderson, of the Thomas Hanbury School, gave evidence of identification. He state ed that deceased came to Shanghai a year ago. Witness last saw him, definitely, on Wednesday, when they returned together from Nan-health, and had been worried about king. He was in a poor state of his fiancee, who was nurse to a Chinese General. She was up in the North somewhere, but deceased did not know where, and the object of his journey had been to endeavcur to find out. He expected her to come to Shanghai on the 13th instant, but when the trouble broke out, she had to go north with the General, and he lost touch with her.
In answer to the Coroner, witness said he had never known deceased to take drugs, but he suffered very much from insomnia.
The Coroner—Did he have any delusions? The Police say that he thought somebody was after him. that something was going to happen.
Witness—No. Witness added that deceased looked into the school for a minute or two on Friday or Saturday, but "he did not speak to him then:
The Coroner—Was he any financial trouble?
Witness—None whatever.
The Coroner—Did he ever speak about enemies—about anyone wishing to do him harm?
Witness—No.
The Coroner—There is a_statement that someone was looking in at his window—a dismissed master from the Thomas Hanbury School.
Witness—As far as I know, he had no quarrel with anybody.
The Coroner then adjourned the inquiry until Thursday.
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