CLUE OF STRYCHNINE BOTTLE
DUFEDIX, August 2. A botlle allegcd to have contained strychninc bought from an Oamaru lirm neariy iive years ago has been recovered from the bed of a lagoon at Enfield, near Oamaru. Tliis lagoon and a well were drained as part of poiice investigations which included the exhuination at Oamaru on Tueaday of ihe body of Mrs. Joyce Maysio Morrison, wlio died in Oetober, 1912. The Dunedin laboratory of the Dcpartnicnt of Scientiiic and Industrial Ilesearch is understood to be working on 20 speci'mens. Tests are being made under the supervision of Mr. F. J. Grigg, of Wellington, assistant director of the Dominion Laboratory. The exhuination was earried out under a certiiicate signed by the Miuister of Health, Miss Howard, and with the consent of the relatives.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 August 1947, Page 3
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