POISON IN TEA.
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/United Pres« 'Ac«n{»*nt:on.—-CnnvritrKt.) MELBOURNE. June 16. .
Two young -women, Clarice Cowell and Elizabeth Barry, were remanded on a. -charge of conspiring, to murder Mrs King by placing, strychnin© in her tea. The- police evidence showed that Barry called on Mrs King, representing herself as a friend of her brother. Mrs. King asked her to have a cup of tea, and after making it she left the room. On returning she sipped the tea, which she noticed had n, peculiar taste. Sho did not drink it, and on examining it after Barry left found that it contain-e-ci sufficient strychnine to kill ien people.
Whan arrested, Barry made a statement tli.it sW andCowell conspired to poi.snn Mrs King. Cowell first denied the accusation, but subsequently confirmed Barry's statement, and -added'that Mrs* King treated her cruelly and ruined her, and she wished /to get rid of Mrs King.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 5
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153POISON IN TEA. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 5
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