The Poisoning Charge at Timaru.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1873, 20 August 1886, Page 2

The Poisoning Charge at Timaru.

Mr Thomas Hall and Miss : Margaret Houston have been remanded till Monday, bail being refuted. It wa* Dr Mclntyra who laid the information. The Poet correspondent says Margaret Houston wae formerly a nurse in the Timarn Hospital, and from there she went co take charge of Captain Cain, the father of Mre Hall, the supposed victim of the poisoning, during his fatal illnei*. Dr Mclntyre, who took upon himself the responsibility of laying the information, attended Mrs Hall in her confinement, eomc couple of months ago, and it is said he was unable to account lor the symptoms that ware developed, and, although his suspicions were aroused, he could not bring himself to believa that there were suapioione circumstances! attached to the case, but after oarefn deliberations be called in the assistance of the resident surgeon of the Timarn Hospital, Dr Drew, and after careful examination it wa* resolved to take action in the matter. When arrested, it wasfunud that Hall had a quantity of antimony in his possession, and also “ Taylor on Poisons," the well-known stand* ard book on medical jurisprudence. It ia only fair to state that this vulnme is said to have been in his possession for some two years, but there were evid* noes that it had been carefully studied recently.