DEATH FROM DRUG
MURDER SUSPECTED. LONDON, January 14. Hugh Trevanion, a confirmed victim of the veronal habit, died at Howe, Sussex, in September last. At the inquest the verdict was that he had taken an overdose of the drug in order to induce sleep. His mother, suspecting murder, had the body exhumed, when it was found that 150 grains had been taken an hour before death. There was no evidence of suicide. The inquiry is proceeding.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8330, 16 January 1913, Page 7
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76DEATH FROM DRUG New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8330, 16 January 1913, Page 7
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