An inquest was held on Tees 21 at the Public Mortuary by Judge Wang and Senior Consul's Deputy, Mr. Van den Berg, into the death of Mrs. Emma van Schaif, 68, who died as the result of a rifle wound, which the court held to be elf inflicted. in her home at 1 Chisan Read! on the evening of December 19. he left a letter behind in which she complained of " constant worry fund anxiety and an unsurmountable grief following the death by drown.
of her nephew, a youthful n, who came £0 an untind tse companions.
Watson of the Wayside save the testimony for the that at about 6.50 pam, on Dee, 19 the station had received @ telephone message Chat a fore an had shot herself at Land was in a dying He responded to the call and found the deceared lying on a bed sufferings from a severe shot in the chest. At the foot of the bed a rifle was laying on a chair.
The rifle was identified as having formerly belonged to the womnn' nephew, B. A. Speransky, who vas
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