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MAN'S BODY
IN HARBOR
Suspicion Of
Foul Play
, SYDNEY, Tuesday.
r*j'A» iaauest was opened by th
city co ratter to-day concerning th
death on January 20 of Wfiliai
Laidlaw <2»). a single man, whoi
body was found in the harbor o
Janaary 26.
Archibald Romanov, timber
worfcar, of Marrickville, gave ev
? pile* that the deceased always ha
s> fund af ready cash. He was i
aweeeaafal "system punter," and al
waya «aid he . waa ahead of tai
books, who would "never catch Un
for more than £2."
' Laidlaw, said the witness, met hli
Heath a few days before he was tc
have been married.
He. did not know of any reason whj
Laidlaw, would want to take his life.
The only opinion he had was one ol
foul play. He added, "I think some-
one must have thrown him in. He
could not swim a 'pace.' Where the
deceased lived at King's Cross was noe
a very nice place to be in."
Miss Valma Edwards, theatrical
'dancer, burst into tears when ahe said
she last saw her fiance alive at 10.3
a.m. on January 20. "He never said
anything about taking his own life,"
she salo. "He was very happy and
went to the bank, but he never re-
turned. We were to have been mar-
ried on January 23. He was very
good to me."
Proceeding.
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