DEATH FROM A DRUG
IS IT A CASE OF MURDER? A MOTHER'S SUSPICIONS BODY EXHUMED. By Telcgrtph.-l'i'Mg AsMCiatton.-Copyright. (Received January 15, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, 14th January. Hugh Trevanion, a confirmed victim of the veronal habit, died at Howe, Sussex, in September last. At the inquest' the verdict was that he had taken an overdose of the drug in order to induce sleep. His mother, suspecting murder, had the body exhumed, when it was found that 150 grains had been taken an hour before death. There was no evidence of suicide. The enquiry is proceeding.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1913, Page 7
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94DEATH FROM A DRUG Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1913, Page 7
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