YOUNG GIRL’S DEATH
MYSTERIOUS POISONING
NEWCASTLE, Dec. 30.
There has been another mystery poisoning. Hilda Johnson, 15, became violently ill after eating portion of a chocolate last night, and died. She stated that a friend handed round chocolates at the pictures. Hers tasted bitter and she only ate half and placed the other half in her handkerchief. The police intend to have it analysed. They ascertained that the girl was not at the movies at ali. However, the girl died without disclosing with whom she had spent the evening.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16839, 31 December 1928, Page 7
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89YOUNG GIRL’S DEATH Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16839, 31 December 1928, Page 7
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