WHOLESALE POISONING.
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VIENNA. July 51. A woman known as Nurse Marie Gerzsan was arrested on a charge of wholesale poisoning at Szeg. The death of many married men from a mysterious wasting disease aroused suspicion, and an autojisr on eight of tho cases revealed poison. A young woman named Levai has also been arrested. HER, ALLEGED MOTIVE. VIENNA. -July 51. (Received August 1. at 9.7 a-tn.) Cerz.'an's motive was to rid wives of husbands who were not wanted. Levai':; husband died recently, hence tbs suspicion. Poison was discovered in Gerzsan’s house, but tile accused states she used it lor spraying vines-
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Evening Star, Issue 14633, 1 August 1911, Page 3
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104WHOLESALE POISONING. Evening Star, Issue 14633, 1 August 1911, Page 3
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