SYDNEY POISONING CASE.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13649, 14 February 1913, Page 6

SYDNEY POISONING CASE.

INQUEST ON MRS. MILLER

AN OPEN VERDICT

Received Feb. 13, 9.55 p.m.) Sydney, Feb. 13. An open verdict was, returned at the' inquest on Mrs. Miller.

The only fresh evidence was that of the husband, who stated that after drinking wine in the morning his wife took the bottle away, saying she would put it where the, boys would be unable to get it. She had strychnine locked in her drawer. They lived happily, though his wife often said she was tired of life.

Mrs. Miller, the wife of a rabbit trapper, died on January 29th,- from" the effects of poison, after drinking wine from a bottle her husband had purchased on the previous day. Miller aJid his' wife each had a small glassful during the day time, with no ill-effects.. They j each drank another glass later, and the; wife was soon in agony. Miller went to sftiumon a -doctor, but collapsed. Miller's family were attending a dance aiext door, and heard groans. They heard Mrs. Miller, who was dying, say, "I drank wine, and it has poisoned me." She expired at the hospital. Miller had a small amount of strychnine in his bedroom, which he used for poisoning rabbits.