DIABOLICAL PLOT

Grey River Argus, 19 October 1936, Page 5

DIABOLICAL PLOT

CHINESE COOK Charged with Poisoning (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received October IS, 7.30 p.m.) NEW YORIQ. October 17. A diabolical plot of Oriental cunnng to murder by slow’ poison the niece of his. cnt]t oyer, who is a. wealthy widow, and also her niece’s husband, and thus clear the way to his s.oi'e inheritance of the widow’s estate, are allegations against Chang Soo Lde, who is the cook and majordomo in a house at While P'.a'ins,. NewYork. The police are also investigating the. sinister fact that, the widcyv’s former husband, a prominent lawyer, Lawrence Churchill, di'Vl suddenly in January, apparently from natural causes, and that his body was ciema ed on Chang's advice. The victims are Mr and Mrs George Reeves, both aged fifty. They are, ,n hosp'ta'. Their feet are paralysed as the rem t of :i huge- overdose, or read acetate. Chang is a short, unobtrusive man who has been employed by the Churehilß for c’-ghl. years, and has been implicit J v trusted by Airs Church 11. whis said to have prnm.Q'ed to “remember’’ Chang in hgr will.