NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8828, 11 July 1890, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

POISONING CASH) IN WELLINGTON. Wellington, July 11. At the inquest on the body of MrsBennett, medical evidence showed death resulted from, poisoning by strychnine. From the evidence of Mr Fitzgerald, chemist, and his assistant (Mr English) there was little or no doubt that the morphia dispensing bottle had been filled from the liquid strychnine stock bottle, and hence the mistake in making np the prescription. The mistake was only discovered by Mr English when about to replenish the dispensing bottle, and he then found that the " liquor morphia" stock bottle was intact. Mr Fitzgerald, who courted the fullest enquiry, attributed the mistake in filling the bottle to the former assistant engaged by him, and the inquest has been adjourned until Saturday, to procure the latter's attendance. ANOTHER O_SE OF SUICIDE. Nelson, July 10. ! Margaret Wilkins, a married woman, and the mother of six young children, committed suicide last night. She had been suffering from melancholia for some time, and last evening left her husband, a gardener, in the l-'tchen, and went into the bedroom, where her husband found her a few muiutes later with her throat cut.