MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE
AN OPEN VERDICT. (P&bsb Association. —Copybioht.) "SYDNEY, Feb. 13. An. open verdict was returned at the inquest on Mrs Miller. The only fresh evidence was that of the .husjoand. who stated' that .afterdrinking wine in the morning his wife took the bottle away, saying she would put it where the boys would be unable to get it. She had strychnine locked in her drawer. They lived happliy, though his wife often said she was tired of life. (Mrs Miller, the wife of a rabbit trapper, died on January 29th., after drinking wine. Miller and his wife each had a small glassful during the day time, with no ill-effects. - They each drank another glass later, and the wife was soon in agony. Miller went to summon a doctor, but collapsed. Miller's family were attending a dance next door, and heard groans. They heard Mrs Miller, who was dying, say, "I drank wine, and it has poisoned me." Miller had a small amount of strychnine in his bedroom, which he used for poise—'ng rabbits.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 14 February 1913, Page 5
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