POSSIBLE TRAGEDY AVERTED.
POISONED BEER. [Bf TELEGRAPH — SPECIAL TO THE POST.] AUCKLAND, This Day. An incident which might have had a tragic ending occurred a day or two ago in one of the Queen-street hotels, being checked by the prompt action of a bar attendant. A man ordered a glass of beer and was seen by the attendant to pour something into the glass. The man then went out, leaving the drinK untouched, but returned immediately with another man. He called for the beer which he had ordered but it was refused and an examination of the contents subsequently disclosed that it contained a sufficient quantity of a noxious drug to kill three persons. The men were strangers, but it appeared to be the intention of the one who was "standing" drinks that the other should take the "doped" liquor. The action of the man led to further developments, which bhowed that he was of unsound mind and ne was handed over to the authori- ' ties..
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 62, 10 September 1910, Page 9
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