A MURDER CHARGE.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17410, 24 May 1928, Page 5

A MURDER CHARGE.

POISONED BY ARSENIC. ARREST OF THE WIFEPAINFUL SCENE IN COURT. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian Pres 3 Association.) LONDON, May 22. At the conclusion of the coroner’s inquiry at Coleford, Mrs Beatrice Pace, aged 35, was arrested as the result of the jury’s verdict and charged with the murder of her husband, Harry Pace (36), a Forest of Dean farmer, by arsenical poisoning. Pace died on January 10, and the police slopped the funeral. The inquiry has occupied 19 weeks. Considerable attention was focussed on the medical evidence that death was due to arsenical poisoning. The evidence of the relatives suggested ill-feeling between Pace and his wife. Pace’s life was insured in 1924. He suddenly became ill in 1925, and in July, 1927, following a meal, he was again suddenly ill and admitted to hospital. He recovered and returned home and was again taken suddenly ill. Then on July 6 last he complained of sensations in his stomach and throat, and died on January 10. The wife swooned upon hearing the verdict, and shouted: “I didn’t, I didn’t, I wouldn't, I couldn’t.” Women and girls in the Court wept bitterly. Mrs Pace has five children, including a baby in arms.