The inquest, on the late Mr. Vivian Hugo Lanning, adjourned from June 12, was resumed fon June 19, the evidence of Mrs, Lanning and of Mr. A. E. Lanning, brother of" the, deccnsed, ben ven. My. C. H. Haines, 4 croner, thereafter again adjourned the. inquest. Mr. K. E. Newman! appeared in court on behalf of Mrs, Lanning.
Mrs. Lanning, entering the wit ness box, said that at the time of her husband's death they wore liv ing at $61 Avenue clu Roi Albert, Plat, 7 (King Albert Apartments).
the night of May 31, she had held a small man-jongg."party the flat, playing until about 1 he next Her husband from Hai Alai at about After, mixing the guests fow drinks, he ordered cars to take them home. While they were waiting, Mrs. Lanning went to bed, husband seeing them off.
Tt was about 1.80 when he came into the bedroom, and com. lained of a bad Neadach these headaches: which he said ho He got, into bed, and after some small talk, she shut the light and they went' to sleep.
fea, Tanning was about 4.20 by her husbands el Toud snores. She jumped and. went. over to him, and asked him if she could do, any: thing. He said nothing but, his arms © up. very. stiffly. immediately phoned Dr. W. Parsons, she, thought he lived near them. She found, however, that he was now living at the Cathay Hotel, and was advised by him to ing up MeGolrick, at the Cathay sions, as he was nearer, whic she did.
She asked Dr. McGolrick to come over quickly as her husband wa il, but did not tell him of the symptoms. The doctor arrived soon after, and on looking at her husband, said: "Oh! Te's all over!" She asked him to try and do something, and he made an examination," She then described to. him her husband's actions when he drew his "arms and how hot he was When she found him. He said that it probably was a case of "uremic convulsion," that it was caused by Kidney trouble, and if the first tit had not proved fatal he would probably have had several more.
Dr. MeGolriee further told. her that even if he had been in attendance from the first he could hot have done anything, and she hed no cause to reproach herself on any score as she too could not have done anything. He than left, without saying anything about.a death certificate. Mrs. A. Bassett. a friend of hers, to: whom she "had telephoned after ringing "up the doctor, arrived just then, She' telephoned her" brother-inlaw, Mr. Bertie Lanning, who came round soon after. He after examining the body, telephoned a funeral parlour on Kiaochow™ Road, and the body was removed at.' about even clock, Mr. KR Scott, the managing director, in qui the death certineste, and: was. tol that Dr. MeGoldick had attended.
Further question ner, Mrs, Lanning getting the doctor on the telephone, the bathed her husband's face and head" with eausde-cologne, was so hot. Her husband had had one other attack, though not similar
snoring then but not so distress-this im April "1031,""Wte "wi ingly. He went. to hospital for a week, the case being diagnosed ax Jone of sunstroke.
She knew her husband was worried about an overdraft at the bank. "When she came back from Home towards the end of 1931, she noticed that her husband, who met her, was much thinner and not so jolly and light-hearted. He never went back to his old attitude. Her husband had never expressed any, intention of taking his own life. The bottle of veronal had not been opened to her knowledge. She and he were always on the best of terms. When she went through his papers, head one to gather that pot, find anything" which might was Trdeed made a" will but that wae rebaring for his death. He had.
dated in March, 1981.
Mr. A. E. Lanning, the next witness, said the last time he saw his brother alive was on Empire Day. He seemed to be bright and cheery at the time. On the morning of June 1, he received a telephone call from Mrs. "Lanning, asking him to go to. the "flat as his brother had died. He went there, and, examined' the body, noticed nothing unusual about Tle thought death was due to natural causes and telephoned the funeral parlour. As Mrs. Lannin was going to stay at Mrs. Bassett's he did not wish to leave the body in the care of the servants.
The Coroner then adjourned the inquest to this afternoon.
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