The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-24
INQUIRY IN TO GIRLS MYSTERY DEATHUNDERWAY
Coroner's Jury Hears Wit nesses Tell of Circum-
 stances Before Tragedy

Circumstances leading to the death of Vera Inez Bayers. q, when her body was found in the waters off the Cold Storage Dock yesterday morning, were being in vestigated by coroner's jury this afternoon in the court of Com missioner J. F. Mullen with Dis trict Attorney William A, Holz- heimer directing the inquiry.
 Witnesses called were Mrs. Don Parson, sister of the dead girl; James T. Effler, who last saw her alive; Chief of Police Roy Hoffman and William J. Markle, assistant Chief Recess was taken late this afternoon while officers went to bring H. E. Gath to testify his name having been brought into the case by witnesses.
 Dr. w. w. Council, Health Off, cer, who examined the body, told the jury when it viewed the body at the C. w. Carter mortuary tha the girls lungs were full of water and that she had one small wound on her body which the doctor said could not have caused death but could have been suffered if she hit something in the water
 Girl Brc0ds
 The name of H. E. Gath, mine worker, was brought before the jury by Mrs Parson when she testified that Miss Bayers had been brooding over the report that Gath, whom she admired, iiad been mar ried.
 Mrs. Parson said her sister came to her apartment in the Cliff Apartments Monday evening about 5:30 o'clock and said something about T don't see how he would do that" Mrs. Parson said she questioned her and found that the girl meant the report of Gath being married. Miss Bayers was crying and apparently in an unhappy mood. Mrs. Parson said.
 Suddenly Leaves
 Effler, who was at the Parson home, left with the girl about 6:3O to go down town, he told the jury and said that she mentioned to him Gath's name and apparently was feeling badly about something He said he and Miss Bayers went to the City Cafe where they had coffee Effler said that suddenly shortly before o'clock Monday evening, his companion got up and walked out without saying a word He followed in few minutes tc look for her, he said, and seeing no trace of her went back to the Farson apartment, thinking sac might have gene there. She had not returned there, hc said
 Mrs. Paraon said she and hel husband began 2 search downtown but that they found no trace oi her and saw nothing of her until the body was found the next m orn- ing.
 Officers Testify
 Officers Hoffman and Marklt told Of heing called 10 the colo storage plant by Oscar Oberg, whc found the body, and of taking thi body to the mortuary. They con. ducted an investigation but saie they had not been able to trac, the girl after she left the Cit. Cafe.
 Mrs. Parson on re-examinatiol by the District Attorney told tn jury that Monday night while sh and her husband were looking fo her sister they met Gath on Vii loughby Avenue and asked him i he had seen her Gath, they saio declared he had not. Mrs. Parsol said Gath and her sister had no been going together recently an when she congratulated Gath Mon day night on being married he sai' there was nothing to it and it wa simply rumor. Bringing of hi name into the case caused Distric Attorney Holzheimer to ask tha he be summoned as a witness. H had not previously been questioned it was revealed.
 Jurors hearing the case are Joh Mclaughlin, George A. Schumach CT, Lockie M MacKinnon, Charle Bchm, James Brennan and Joh McCloskey.