MURDER AND SUICIDE
BEDFORD MOTOR TRAGEDY HUSBAND'S SHOCKING CRIME (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! LONDON, Septemher 28. The inquest on the married couple, Eva and Lindsay Marshall, who were found incinerated in a car in Bedfordshire, resulted in a verdict of murder and suicide. A chemist gave evidence that deceased, on the morning of the tragedy, bought an ounce of prussic acid, declaring he wanted to kill a dog. Bits of a poison bottle were found' in the burnt car. The coroner pointed out that Marshall's financial affairs were very involved, and they might- have caused his mind to give way. Apparently Marshall shot his wife, poured petrol over her, then, inside the car, applied a light, and swallowed 1 prussic acid.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17152, 30 September 1926, Page 7
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122MURDER AND SUICIDE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17152, 30 September 1926, Page 7
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