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STEWART CHARGED WITH KILLING

Coroner’s Jury Returns Verdict Holding Him Responsible for Death of Wife

             “We find that Lilian Elsie Stewart came to her death by a shot from a gun in the hands of her husband, Herschell Stewart on Tuesday, June 12, 1923,”was the verdict rendered by the jury at the inquest conducted by Coroner Dr. John Herod, of Thorold, at Allanburg yesterday, afternoon. T.B. Cowper appeared on behalf of the crown, the accused man, who hovers between life and death at the Welland Memorial Hospital, not being represented.

The Welland Tribune and Telegraph

19 June 1923

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