THE OHAU POISONING CASE

Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 3056, 14 September 1899, Page 3

THE OHAU POISONING CASE

f'er Press Association WELLINGTON', September 13 Mr Tunbridge. wae this morninc able to communicate to the press brief particulars of the poisoning case at Ohauon the Manawatu line. Mrs Giles, described as the wife of a platelayer on the railway, was this morning arrested by Chief Detective Mi Grath on a charge of attempting to murder Mrs VVest Accused appeared before Mr .1 G. Levin and was remanded for eight daya. Mrß VVest is m a very precarious condition, and her dying depositions have been taken. The parties live about a! quarter of a mile from each other. There Ins been a long-standing neighbors' feud between them, but towards the end of last week thin wnn to a certain extent patched up, and VJ 1O 'Vest, accepted an invitation from Mrs Gib-a to pay her a visit which she made on Saturday afternoon. Upnri arrival at the Giles' house, Mrs Giles gave her a cap of tea which she drank. Mrs Gil«-s then pressed her to accept a second cup. m handineit to her she s.iid she need not stir it ns shy had already stirred it. JUra West therefore drank the tea and immediately took ill. Mrs Giles s-iid that she did not care about her being ill m her house and persuaded her to go home. Mrs West then left the house and was taken seriously ill on the road home, vomiting violently. She was found by a settler m a collapsed condition, and tho police were subsequently communicated with. Some vomit was sent, to Mr Skeye, Government analyst, who found abundant traces of arsenic.