THE SYDNEY MYSTERY.
. ■ EVIDENCE AT ■, INQUEST!' \ .''V ST TELEGRAPH—FREBa ASSOOiATIONrr-OO^IBIOHl; (Rec. May; 26 jr .; 0'.50.. \'v Sydney, May;2s. • At the inquest. concerning the death of Alexander' Brown, a nurse.at the hospital stated that Jane . Baikie .asked Brown , if anything happened woufd 'he giye-' -hUI belongings. ~ Brown answered "Yos." Baikie ('brought.'deceased a cake a-nd fruit.'- ■ , The detective who arrtsted ■ the:, - woman' said Baikie; made a st&t&nent 1 to: l hinr... Sto alleged that Brown made, a will leaving her everything.' 'Baikie" .bought strychnine poison for cats, but Brown told her it was..dangerous to .have} it about the house. Heathrow-it in;thefixe.She admitted pawning ,Brpwn'?rings , after his death. - ' -r"'.'
It is suspected that Brown, a wharf laliourer; died of poisoning.; The hospital referred, to is the Royal, Prince Alfred"" Hospital,-' Sydney; where he was treated, for supposed neuritis. Jane Baikie has been charged witli murdering him. ' . ;< -. •" ».- ■ -•■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 May 1908, Page 7
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143THE SYDNEY MYSTERY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 May 1908, Page 7
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