DEATH BY POISON.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1477, 27 June 1912, Page 2

DEATH BY POISON.

DUE TO MISADVENTURfc . An iuque".: was'TOnr.tido'J. ve.Alert"i<iy by Jlio eoror.or (Dr.. M' Artliur) r«iici>i'iiiii;; tlio.'Upatlv .of'^Gcorgo,,Zpalantlia'Q»iaTrio;' a c«!;iintf--ioi'..npe'it, wo)l.knoirn in Woliiii:;|Qii;: i , .<iwn h(i!ii«,'iii:<!er eiretanstaneo?. t-«(ii as to iiiiggejt;;that, the cutt.-va,<jf <lea'!i was poi..soiiiiig by jjri'.f-MC atrid.' -.Miv )0. J. I'it::(ji.lvijo'tt ,api)eai ocli at ltho v inquest ! to. 'ropro-of-ilio'deecased. I :^' .'...'.Pr^.Teliii)l6. : :l > eridns'.'i;ave.cvidene« that : .!io : ,;iih'(Klit;'o ifeaiti'djtx) attend tiio deceasctl, bv.t found 'iiiiir in a ..(lying eonditioii. A .'glass:-WM3taii(liiiß;:by'vhisbedside ivhich nVpio'iis wei-o .tho'o cf poisoniiiß. • Witiiesii iii«d all Aim. retiKilies..in such' istrePi<s .ea>e?, but -Withaut' avail! Ho' had ; previously'.ebmd i'nto!. contact with • deoeas-. ,Ed -prpfossipiiaUy,;but: he had not noticed ! "thato.Qua'iTio:-.'ivaS'-"depressed' or: iu ill-;hcalth;;;::r::.:t-'i..V::#"\;i' - ' ' :!Leii;; J['Kenziei : chemist;.produced a poi--.tp sliow that an ounce of fpntssio.\aciil .hiid ebeii purchased by some vperspni;si(fning:Vlho-;i James '4Vppd:"; : '.:'l)coet\sed had ealied- «t witness's ' ; shop}m"'Maniiers'Street on Monday mornasked; for' cyanide of.potassium. -AVitsioss. replied that lie had none in stock;diiit ho-would pi'oearo some:--'Deceased.vol" ■~tlib;poisoii .in tho aftcrnooiC'^signing.;tho ;pales,lroolcf "James -Wood,hut giving his i"ip!it nd(iress. ?Dcceased remarked .that lie wanted the; poison tp.kill'.a cut/Witness re■piied'thatjtlie amount; (1 ounce)! was large iiipr'-.the.. purpose, but'deceased,said be had liiwtii'orouglv the> ; " drug., ,()iiarri'.'. appeared to. bo (juite., sober; >.very • "jjrL.Lß.pwerljaiik corroborated tho evidence givitn by Dr! J'erkins. : .. "' ' ■;, J'',':;Mrs:i,Quarrie;C., l widow..v.of .the deceased,; said that her hnshaiu!, who;-was fifty-ona years of r.srfl had not been its good health '•for. iroqetnift&baok:}/. ]-.He - had had an atyfackVof*imeinii'omaVsonio"few.Aiontlis ago, !-Arhich'..'eonfined. '.him to his room ■ for. six . or. : ;-.eiglit^weeks;;':and '■ since,:■ then he- '■ had ; never: 1 recovered 'i his 'former' health. ' She ;Meiscribed;how"i!rcr)husband; : ,,who. .was in of Unking:, niediciiie or perhaps >V : liHlei?wliisk>*v had taken a d.isi inia his voora,. but she did not see hi:v, drink anything froni ■■ it. She hear<l .-.hsf'-'luisband :'-breathing.':: heavily, ..- and,. (:ljinking;'tliat , ":li'e'. , had had a'fit, she sent ifoi'.sa : .;.doctor'; : :v. She'■ felt,certain. that her, hitstiand-'liad made a-', mistake, and parjnkcri;.of the-wrong'" mixture. from ainons; • his.inedicinb':,bottles.-'■ She did not Micve for a moment that lie meant to take his •life. .. )Ter husband' had- been free from .fiilaricial'.ivorries, and lie had always been ,bf|ehcerfuli,'disposition; even' in. ill-health. Sliftfsaid'iiVsp: that lier husband had a dog of wliich be '-wa? very proud, and (hero, had • come - about ■~.. the • liouso a ■■"mangy"; eat,- which he', was afraid would .(contaminate' the.; dog. 'He,said ho. would' •V,m fix the.cat up." . •

i that death'- was' duo (o ini.-advciilitre, as'there was no evidence to show 'why deceased should take his