THE AGRA TRIAL
PRESENCE OF POISONS. INCRIMINATING LETTER. Press Assn—By Telegraph—Copyright Received 8.20 p.m. Agra, Yesterday. Major O'Meara, who conducted the exhumation of the body of Mr Fulham and Mrs Clark, gave evidence that Fulliam's remains were remarkably well preserved, which fact was possibly due to the presence of arsenic. The symptoms described in Mrs Fulham's letters were compatible with arsenical poisoning by small doses over a long period.
A mixture of atrophine and cocaine would produce symptoms of heart stroke, but Fulham's temperature was not high enough. The prosecution read a letter from Clark instructing Mrs Fulham to artificially raise the thermometer so that the readings would be consistent with heart stroke.
Major O'Meara added that"there was nothing in the hospital records to suggest that Fulham was suffering from the paralysis of the insane. The chemist who conducted the post mortem examination, gave evidence that he failed to find poisons in the deceased Fulham, excepting a slight arsenic thigh bone.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1819, 10 January 1913, Page 5
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