TRAGEDY AT TOORAK.
; YOUNG. PKOPLI. POISOXI-D.. '■■ Pries Vssnpintirni-Uv Telegraph-Copyright : Received 9. .8 "p."'-- July 16th. iIKLBOURNK, July 16. j A tvarredy is repoi-cod from Toorak, la girl named Walkingham being found | dead and' a youth named Groves in a j dying- condition in an .adjoining paddock. i The youth siurunihe.i at I he hffipiUil. j An hivr-stigalioii showed that the dea'hs i weie. caused 'by shyi-linine poisoning, a ! i|iianliiy of chocolate creams wiih sli-ycJi-j nine crystals adhering, and a bottle- «upj posed to contain poisou, being found in I ("1 roves' pocked. i Tha victims were sweethearts. On Iho night, lefore. the .tragedy, when going io meet Grow*. Walkingham (old :i companion that Orovei. was very jealous and had repeatedly .threatened to kill himself;, that she did not euro for .him, but. intended to many for the sake of a hoir.i>.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13649, 17 July 1908, Page 4
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141TRAGEDY AT TOORAK. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13649, 17 July 1908, Page 4
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