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EXHUMED BODY
Evidence At Inquest
OLD MAN'S GIFT OF £6,000
LONDON, Wednesday.
Following the sensational ¡devel'op menta In the Pace "case, publie in- terest' was centred upon the Inquest of Hilary Kqugior, a 77-year-old bachelor-rarmor at Woking. , / ?ifïjThe base lyis taken a remarkable ttrjpi owJnfeHb tha examination of Wil- liam liörwlll.-^ft, well-dressed man In tile early tlilr'tlesi'«' In -whoso housi Rougier was Jiving -when he died oil August 14, 10 2 0. The body was ex- humed soeiotly two months ago, uid an inquiry was -ordeied by the Home piuco.
Lerwfll, giving evidence to-day, ad- mitted Hint, ho had had between iii,00(1 and £0,000 from Ttougier by cheque. Other evidence was given that ? when Hougier's body was ex- humed," morphine was found in vin body. Lerwill said he had no iden how,the morphine gol there, hut re- collected Ihiit Rougier asked li I iii to get laudanum for "a d'og suffering 11 om e,c/.ema. Lerwill admitted thal many cberjues were in his hnndwr1' Ing but, the signatuio iwas Teougier'H. Ile did not* know that Hougiei h:ul
only £{j(f left after he received '£0,0!>Ö This w.as mostly in the form of gh'fs liocause.'LoiwiU was in financial dil 1 cul fries , ¡
Hardwicke, a. sollcllor, gave evlil» euee thai,he personally met Rougier lip explained Lerwill'« financial dif- ficulties., Rougier sakUhe had known ^erwlll,since boyhood and was will- ing to,help liiiii avoid bankruptcy. Hardwicke added he thought llougioi must have been veiy wealthy in vlf« of the 'free manuel he gave bin.
money.