DRAMA IN A CELL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9382, 2 December 1920, Page 2

DRAMA IN A CELL.

"Now our lives are ruined. We die together^ rather than be parted." A card on which . these sentences ■ Were written might have been the only ; explanation of a drama which took place in a cell at Pontardawe police station in the Swansea Valley. As a result a man has been poisoned and his wife lies seriously ill. Griffith Thomas, aged twenty-two., had been remanded on a charge of being a deserter, and placed in the cell to await an escort. He was visited during the dinner hour by his wife, who brought him some food. She and her husband both ate it—in the presence of a policeman—and in less than two minutes they were rolling in agony on the floor. Dr. W. 0. Evans, who happened to be in court at the time, was brought immediately to the 1 cell/ and after an. hour's treatment, the couple regained consciousness. The food had contained mercury tablets. \ ' Griffith Thomas and his wife were married only five weeks previously. He surrendered the card to a policeman after the incident. His death took place; the. following morning.