MILITARY POISONERS.
CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM. '• (By Telccraph.-Pross Asiocialion.-Coji'yrlehU , ' , Paris, December 1. A corporal of hussars stationed at Verdun borrowed largely Horn members o! his squadron, and fearing the consequences, put cyanide of potassium into a mess of soup. Eighty men narrowly escaped death. POISON-BY-POST INCIDENT: THE iIOTIVE. , I Vienna, -December 1. Lieutenant Hofrichtor's motive in attempting to poison staff officers—ono of whom died from partaking of a "nervo euro" which contained cyanide of potassium—was to secure hig own promotion, which a new staff appointment threatened.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 680, 3 December 1909, Page 7
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85MILITARY POISONERS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 680, 3 December 1909, Page 7
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