POISON BY POST.
AN AUSTRIAN SENSATION.
ARMY OFFICER'S DEATH.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
IBy Telegraph.—rress Association.—Copyright. (Received November 23, 12.5 p.m.) . .Vienna, November 22. A sensation has been caused by the poisoning 'of a captain in the Austrian army under circumstances which -show that an attempt was made to poJkon quite a number of the officers of the general staff in Vienna. Forty of the officers on the staff received postal packets, which were alleged to contain samples of a nerve cure. A captain •, tasted the sample addressed to him and died from poisoning.
All the packets were then examined, and were found to contain cyanide of potassium.
So far the authorities have been unable to discover any clue likely to lead to the discovery of the sender of the packets. ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14225, 23 November 1909, Page 5
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