CLARKE BORDER CASE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10528, 16 December 1912, Page 5

CLARKE BORDER CASE.

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, j London, December 14. | In-'tlie course of the trial, at Agra, of Clark and Mrs Fulham, who are charged with the murder of Mrs Clark, the prosecution read’a letter from Mrs Fulham to dated April, 1911, as follows: —“It is very thoughtful of you sending more powders as only three are left. 1 don’t think they are haying effect. You say you cannot administer them regularly. Then what is the use of them, darling? She will need much more than that. Tell mo plainly what you think. ’ ’ Walter Clark, second son of the accused, narrated the circumstances of his mother’s poisoning when Budhu was the only cook. Doctors testified that terrible bludgeon blows had been dealt to the deceased. Joseph, a schoolfellow of Clark s son, deposed that Clark was once reading in a newspaper an article about a poisoned lover. He said he had given his wife a dose, but sbe proved poison proof. Joseph asked Mrs Clark for an interview in order to warn her, but his courage failed. Received Decembeivl6, 1 p.m. Calcutta, December 15. The Agra trial was continued. Mrs Fulham stated Jthat Clark told her that he gave his wife arsenic.