SCHOOLMASTER’S FATAL EXPERIMENT
UNFINISHED NOTE.
Per Press Association,
CARTERTON, Last Night. Mr. Claude Hector Olson, first assistant at tho Carterton District High School, who had been acting headmaster sinco the beginning of tho term, and who was found dead in the science room on Saturday morning, had been experimenting with cyanide of potassium. He left a note saying: “Took a drink, thought it was water; it must have been •” The letter thon trailed off. A post mortem examination was held, and the inquest was opened yesterday and adjourned. The contents of the stomach are being analysed. The deceased gentleman, who was aged 27, was a clever writer of topical verse. So contributed to many periodicals :n New Zealand and Australia.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6857, 12 March 1929, Page 7
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120SCHOOLMASTER’S FATAL EXPERIMENT UNFINISHED NOTE. Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6857, 12 March 1929, Page 7
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