BOOTLEGGERS' VICTIMS.
SSX DEAD: THREE DYING. MURDER CHARGES FOLLOW. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 4.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 12. At Pana, Illinois, six men died and three are near death a3 the result of drinking poisonous, liquor, which, they obtained at an establishment ostensibly licensed to vend only soft drinks. Fusel oil and "wood alcohol were the poisons that caused death, according to the coroner's verdict following an inquest. All the victims were men of. family, and. included a son of tho proprietor of the establishment. The coroner's jury have indicted four persons for murder, including the proprietor and his sons and a local chemist, who has disappeared.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18530, 15 October 1923, Page 7
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110BOOTLEGGERS' VICTIMS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18530, 15 October 1923, Page 7
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