DEATH BY ACCIDENTALLY TAKING POISON.
Dun-edin, This day. An inquest was held on Saturday touching the death of Alex. Stuart (son of the Rev. Dr Stuart, the widely- known and much esteemed Presbyterian clergyman), who was found dead in his bed. It was shown that a large quantity of cyanide of potassium Avas in the deceased's stomach. He was taking borax for a sore throat, and the two things were in -exactly similar phials. The jury found that death proceeded from the deceased accidentally swallowing poison. He had retired to bed in splendid spirits, and was shortly going to New South AVales. He Avas a surveyor, aged 27.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3738, 9 July 1883, Page 3
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