WHOLESALE HORSE POISONING.
WHOLESALE POISONING. A Victorian telegram, dated Minytp, June 2, says:—On Monday five young horses, valued at £50, were put into a paddock by T. J. M'Cann, publican, and yesterday all were fonnd dead. The owner had them opened by % veterinary surgeon, who found traces of arsenical poison in their stomachs, the contents of which, with Borne wheaten chafe strewn in the paddock, which also contained arsenic, have been submitted to analysis. The footprints of a man were found in the paddock, and the trackers have been sent for.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4672, 16 June 1893, Page 1
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