MURDER MYSTERY
WOMAN'S BODY EXHUMED ARREST OF THE HUSBAND By Telegraph—Preps Association—Copyright (Rec. June 17, 8.10 p.m.) London, June 16. A remarkable murder mystery has developed as the result of the exhumation of tho body of- Mabel Greenwood, who died in June of last year. Deceased was the wife of Harold Greenwood, solicitor, of Kidwelly, Wales, and Kister of Sir Vansittart Bowater, . who Was Lord Mayor of London in 1913-14. Evideiico' at tho inquest showed that there was arsenic in the body, though ft doctor at tho time of death certified to heart disease. A sensation was caused when a chemist gave evideneo that tho husband purchased two quarts of woodicido in 1917, containing 30 per cent, of nrsenious oxide. Tho Coroner summoned tho husband to givo evidence. As there was no response tho husband wa6 arrested and charged with murder. There was no suggestion of foul play at the time of death, but tho husband in September unexpectedly married a Miss Jones. ( Gossip was started in the village owing to tho short time the first Wifo had been dead, and culminated in a general demand for exhumation.—Aus,N.Z, Cablo Assn. (Rec. June 17, 9.5 p.m.) London, June 16. At the Kidwelly inquest a verdict of wilful murder was returned against Greenwood. A large crowd booed him when ho-was Wrested.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Absd.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 226, 18 June 1920, Page 7
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