POISONED
HEATH OF MAN AND WOMAN
STORY BY MAN’S DAUGHTER
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT SYDNEY, Sept. 1. It has been established that the deaths of James _ Taylor and Florence Hall, whose bodies were found lying m a house at Newcastle, were due to strychnine poisoning. Taylor’s daughter states that Hall came to the house yesterday afternoon. She and Taylor greeted each other on friendly terms, and the three had a cup of tea. Then she left the two victims together. Later she heard, groans in the bedroom and found Hall dying upon the bed, while laylor was in a condition of collapse. She got him an emetic, but he was unable to swallow - and both sucCU rn shortly a ß® r help arrived. Taylor was a cab proprietor, and it is understood that certain financial arrangements existed between him and Hall. !
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19240902.2.26
Bibliographic details
Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 September 1924, Page 5
Word Count
140POISONED Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 September 1924, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hawera Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in