A POISONING CASE.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. By Cable—Press Association— Copyright. Received 23, 11.5 p.m. Melbourne, June 23. Cowell and Barr have been committed for trial for attempting to murder Mrs. King. A Melbourne cablegram, dated June IC, said;— Two voung women, Clarice Cowell and Elizabeth Barry, were remanded in custodv on a charge of conspiring to murder Mrs. King by placing strychnine in her tea. The police evi* Sence showed that Barry called on Mrs. King, representing herself to be a friend of her brother. Mrs. King asked her to have a cup of tea, and after making it left the room. On returning she sipped the tea, and finding it had a peculiar taste did not drink it. It was examined after Barry left and found to contain sufficient strychnine to kill ten people. When arrested, Barry made a statement that she and Cowell conspired to poison Mrs. King. Cowell at first denied, but subsequently confirmed Barry's statement. She added that Mrs. King had cruelly treated and ruined her, and she wished to get rid of Mrs. King.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 20, 24 June 1913, Page 5
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179A POISONING CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 20, 24 June 1913, Page 5
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