STRYCHNINE IN MILK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 211, 19 June 1933, Page 8

STRYCHNINE IN MILK.

TIMELY DISCOVERY.

MYSTERY IN SYDNEY. Detectives in Sydney have been unable to. solve the mystery of the finding of a large quantity of strychnine in a bottle of milk which was delivered to the Central Methodist Mission in that city for Mr Maurice de Berg, who has a bookshop only a few doors away. Mr de Berg had been troubled by thieves who frequently stole the bottles of milk left at the front 1 door of, his shop, and he secured permission to have his milk left in a lire hydrant, box inside the entrance to the Central Methodist Mission building about four doors down the street. '

, On Saturday morning, May 20, Mr j de Berg sent a boy employee to the' Central Methodist Mission to collect, j the pint bottle of milk but, when the boy returned Mr de Berg noticed that the cardboard stopper of the bottle had ; be-sm opened. He tasted the milk. It had a bitter taste, and he communicated with the police. j Detectives had the milk analysed, | and it was found to contain a large quantity of strychnine—enough, in fact, to'kill several people. The detectives carried out exhaustive investigations,' hut have been nimble to discover any motive for the introduction

of strvchnine to the milk