CHILD POISONED
(United Press Association,—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, 22nd Jan. A three-year-old boy, Robert Murray Boyd, died in the Prince Alfred Hospital from the effects of poison. When the boy reached home he told his mother, who lives at Richmond, "that an unknown man had stopped him and asked him if he wanted a drink. The man then handed the boy a lemonade bottle. The boy became ill and was removed to hospital. A post-mortem examination revealed that the boy's mouth and throat had been burned, possibly by spirits of salts.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 19, 24 January 1927, Page 9
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89CHILD POISONED Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 19, 24 January 1927, Page 9
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