THE MELBOURNE SENSATION

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14555, 24 June 1913, Page 5

THE MELBOURNE SENSATION

ACETEMPT AiT MURfIDIER!. ; (Per Press Association.) MELflfflOOßfNiEl June 16. Love for a man and hatred foihis "wife are supposed! to be the * Clauses of " Melbourne's latest aensd-, ;tion ireoentily calbled. • - A young 'woman named Harry, called «a.-fc the house of Mrs BUorencD May Kingl, at Ea&tibank-sfcreet, Ascot' Vale. On the door -being! opecied ta her by Mrs King, Miss Ba,r try slaid: ~*Mr natae is Mrs Boger.i, I tore come tf<rorn. Echuca. Mr. fKSngf® ibrother Ifceeps 'at .hotel' at Echuca, at which place I stopped ■last nigjht. 33b igave me a parcel flo , (bringi dbTroi to yiou. I have isteen Mr. Kiing, your husband, at the 'HindtersHSfcreet Kla'iUlway^ Statdon andl he has-ashed -me to bringix th"« /pianeel out to you. Here afre tbe on ithis piece of paper he gave me so 'as I oqul4 fimd your Mrs 'Kingi asked Iher to fcavte a cup ,of tea. Jus* tfien Mrs King's child came into the room 'and N tlhe ■woman expres«e3 :ai disliiki© to ohildren, and Mrs King;; took up the child and put it out. When she Irelfcuirnied ishe commenced fo dirSinik the tea, but at once noticed acwnetihing! stranig© labout its taste and decided: not to 1 dWnfc Tt. A, few minutes later her visitor depart eoj and -when her husiband returned (Mirs King, informed him of what

falad occurred. [Dbtecitii'vie iNap'tihan© Jnjjier'Wewed a Miss Clarice- Maud Gfeweli ;in regiair'di to the .matter, HAiti she dienied all feowltedl«:e oif. it. He next questioned 'Mizalbieth Barry,- when adinittedl. that shie .and Cowell had con ispired to poison Mrs Kng,. The wicaneh iwere (biefore itfe C&bv

JCourfc- fehairgjed with, hlaivinigj comspiredl to murder, and were remandied. They were in a state of liys--feria;; 'and cdDaipsed tefoire the end JoJ '■ ftihie iproceedGitss. '_• ( . ißioth accused were conamifctsd for trial.