DEATH AFTER TEA.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15225, 30 April 1923, Page 6

DEATH AFTER TEA.

The death of Richard Adolphus Green, aged CO, at Sackville North, near Windsor, is the attention of the Windsor and Parramatta police (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph). It is alleged that when he was dying Green stated that he had been poisoned, and , said to a doctor who was attending him, "I've got a bait." He mentioned a man's name. Green, who is a single man, was working in the. orchard of Mr T. S. Mitchell, on whose properly he had been employed for the past six months, when the tragedy occurred. On leaving his cottage after lunch he took with him a bottle of cold tea, and at about 4 o'clock he had a drink. A few minutes later he became sick. H« was soon in a serious condition, and Dr. Alsop, the Government medical officer at Windsor, was called to his assistance. The man was dying when the doctor arrived, and nothing could be done to save him. Green died in agony, but before his death he told the doctor he had. been poisoned. The police were informed of what had occurred, and Sergeant Walsh and Constable Brown, of Che Parramatta station," were despatched In make investigations. A post-mortem examination of Green's body was made by a doctor and the contents of his stomach, together with the remainder of t fit- cold lea. and sonic acids he had stored in his cottage, have been sent to the Government Analyst for report. Sergeant M'Curlry and Sergeant Walsh an-cslcd a man at Sackville Noc* K