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FRIDAY,

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

VOLUME 108, No.46

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ÂDE PARLIAMENTÊ BAFFLED BY MEMBERÊS DEATH

Paul Williams gave no indication to his colleagues that he had had a problem. by HAYDN HUGGINS THE SUDDEN DEATH of New Montrose resident Paul Williams has been described as ‘strange’ by persons who ‘hang out’ at the popular bar at Rose Place, Kingstown, known as ‘De Parliament’, which was Paul’s usual ‘liming’ spot. ‘Limers’ at that business place, referred to as ‘members of ‘De Parliament’, told THE VINCENTIAN on

Monday that Paul showed no indication that anything was wrong when they last saw him on Thursday, November 13, three days before the body of the 46year-old man was fished out of the sea off the Reclamation Site, in the Corea’s area on Bay Street, Kingstown. Up to press time Wednesday, the circumstances surrounding Paul’s death were unclear. An autopsy showed that he died from drowning. THE VINCENTIAN understands that he was seen nude walking the streets of Kingstown about two days prior to his death. However, ‘members of De Parliament’ said that when they last saw him at the bar on November 13, he was visibly normal, scored for and played the card game ‘pedro’, before leaving later that afternoon.

A private person ‘De Parliament’ member Lennox ‘Goofy’ Da Silva, with whom Williams lived at New Montrose up to the time of his death, said, “Paul loved to discuss sports, especially football and cricket, of which he

was very knowledgeable. But he described Williams as a very private person who never discussed his personal life. Da Silva said he got to know Williams, who was originally from Lowmans Leeward, about five or six years ago. He recalled that he had bought a property at New Montrose and friends recommended Paul to him, as a very reliable handyman. “I took him to live with me. He moved in about three years ago, and he had his own apartment. He was very reliable,” Da Silva said. He indicated that on Tuesday, November 11, Paul complained of feeling ill. He (DaSilva) called the ambulance and Paul was taken to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital where he was warded. “I went to see him on the Wednesday. I took some clothes for him. He didn’t say much. I asked him what was wrong and he said, ‘Oh, probably I had a seizure’,” DaSilva explained. The next time he saw Paul alive was the following day at the bar. “He was okay, he was playing pedro. He was a

great pedro and domino player. I left him here (bar),” Da Silva related, adding that Paul said very little to him. “When I woke up the following morning, I realized he hadn’t come home, and on Sunday, I got a phone call saying that he was found off the Reclamation, dead,” Da Silva said.

Extraordinarily caring Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Norville, proprietor of the business Lennox Da Silva place, i.e. ‘De Parliament’, described Williams as a told THE VINCENTIAN private person. that Williams was very kind to him, and he would miss him greatly. Norville said that while he was a patient at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, Paul used to visit him and brought his meals on a daily basis. “When I came out of the hospital and I want to go to the doctor, he used to hold my hand to go to the doctor. When I want to go to the washroom, he used to hold me up and make sure I get there. Sometimes I dey Rudolph Norville recalled here and I say I want how helpful Williams was something up the road, he to him. would say, ‘ley me go’,” Norville recounted. Continued on Page 3.


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