POISONED CHOCOLATES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 99, 21 December 1912, Page 5

POISONED CHOCOLATES.

A QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY

"Brisbane, December ‘2O. At the inquiry into the death of Miss Zillman one doctor said t lat there were no very marked symptoms of poisoning,-,, Another said that t! ere were several s Characteristics cf strychnine poisoning. Mrs Peterson, who recovered a ter eating the poisoned chocolates, depos ed that the packages that Miss Zillman rccsiwV: by post included cue from Mrs Walker, a former housekeeper. , -j Buyers., ’ who Zillman was engagea to marry, demised to posting the letters, and a parcel to Miss Zillman. hnt he sent no chocolates. He ad mitted certain relations with Mrs Walker and promising to marry her if her husband died or she got a divorce. After their separation Mrs Walker said she would leave him free io marry, as it was not fair to ask him to wait. She seemed pleased that lie was engaged to Miss Zillman. A Brisbane cablegram, dated Octobey;3Q, says':—A mysterious tragedy has occurred' at Warwick. A Miss Ailltnan received by post a box cf chocolates. She ate three and died in great agony 7 . A companion (Mrs Peterson) ate one, and became seriously ill, but recovered.