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Somertonbody still mystery after 2 years Tomorrow the Somerton body mystery will be two years old. It is one of the most bafling (meaning "the end") was found cases the SA police have ever on the body. These words are handled. The dead man's name from "The Rubalyat of Omar and cause of his death are still Khayyam." unknown. The body was buried on June Early on the morning of 14, 1949, at WeSt TerrACE Ceme- MRGOABABD December 1, 1948, Mr. John tery. Lyons, of Whyte street, Somer- On June 22, 1949, the City MLIAOL ton, found the body of a man Coroner (Mr. Cleland) ad- MTBIMPAKETP leaning against the seawall op- journed the inquest to a date Tamm Shud posite Somerton_Crippled Chfl- dren's Home. Name tags had to be fixed in the hope that been cut from his clothing. more evidence would be forth- MLIABO AIAQC The body was kept at the coming. City Morgue for many weeks and was later embalmed by Mr. He found the_evidenee before him was too_ inconclusive to ITTMISAMSTGAB L. A. Elliott, of Hindmarsh. Scores of people saw it. many warrant a finding. giving it different names. Examinations_by doctors_ and