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the grass. His pursuers thought this to Ije a feiut, 

 and were afraid to seize him, so they continued the 

 chase of the other three, who were eventually 

 captured. The next day the body of the unfortunate 



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man was found where he had fallen, quite dead. 

 He had died from heart disease. An inquest was 

 held on him, and the curious verdict of felo-de-se 

 returned, according to the law which holds a person 

 a suicide who conunits an unlawful act, the conse- 



