PAINTER CHARGED.
+ BODY OF WIFE EXHUMED. (usiibd passe A3»oci4rio::—bt electric TBLEOaAI-H—COPYRIGHT.) (Received August 6th, 1.30 a.m.) SYDXEY, August 5. Detectives are closely investigating the mysterious illness of Mrs Helena I'earaon, a native of New Zealand, at the Sydney Hospital. To-night, they arrested her husband, Walter Rufus Pearson, aged 55, a painter, on a eharge of the murder of his wife in October, 1923. The police state that Pearson was three times married, first about 10 years ago, secondly in 1923. The body of his second wife was exhumed a few ditya ago, and a report from the analyst is awaited. Pearson is further charged with having administered chloride of zinc to his present wife between April and August oth, with intent to murder. — Australian Press Association.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19690, 6 August 1929, Page 4
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