DEATH FROM POISON.
FATE OF SYDNEY MAN.
BITTER TASTE OF MEDICINE. (Received April 30, 9.33 p.m.) SYDNEY. April 30. Defin'.te traces of poison were found in the boJy of William Masterton, a master ca/rirr, who died on March 10 afc Ashfield, a suburb of Sydney. His body was exhumed Uiree weeks later.
Tho coroney opened an inquiry to-day, medical evidence was given that, death was due to poisoning. The deceased man's widow told the police that her husband had taken a small dose of liquid paraffin the day before hisi '/death with no ill-effects, but on the day of his death he took a second dose, when lie remarked that it tasted bitter. He died in agony The contents of the bottle were; afterwards emptied in the back yard. An analytsfc examined! the earth where it had been emptied, and discovered more traces of the poison. The inquiry was adjourned, owing to the absence of ari important witness.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20243, 1 May 1929, Page 13
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