WHOLESALE POISONING.
1 TWO YOUNG WOMEN ARRESTED. Pi Vienna, July 31. A nursemaid has been arrested at Gerzsan on a charge of wholesale poisoning at Szegedin. The death of many married men from a mysterious wasting disease aroused suspicion. An autopsy of eight cases revealed the fact that poison had been given thorn. A young woman named Leva! has also been arrested. (Received 1, 9.20 a.m.) Vienna, j uly 31. Nurse Gerzsan’s motive for the wholesale poisoning was to rid wives of unwanted husbands. The woman . Levas’ husband recently died, hence the suspicion of the poison which was discovered in Gerzsan’s house. Accused states that she used it for spraying.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 136, 1 August 1911, Page 6
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