STRYCHNINE IN WINE.
A POISONING MYSTERY. (By Elkctric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Feb Pbesk AsHnruTioN.J SYDNEY, Jan. 29. Later details of the poisoning tragedy show that the male victim, Robert George Miller, who is a rabbit trapper, intended to enter a hospital for a slight operation to-day. Yesterday he purchased a small bottle of wine, and Miller and his wife each drank a small glassful in the daytime with no ill-effects. Each drank another glass on returning, and the wife was soon in agony. Miller went to summon a doctor, but collapsed. The rest of Miller's family were attending a dance next door, and heard groans. Mrs Miller, when dying, said: "I drank some Wine; it poisoned me." She expired at the hospital. Miller is improving to-dav. Miller had a small amount of strychnine in his bedroom, which he used for poisoning rabbits. The pair had lived happily. Miller said his wife, recently remarked that she was tired .of life, but she had not threatened suicide.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9405, 30 January 1913, Page 5
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163STRYCHNINE IN WINE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9405, 30 January 1913, Page 5
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