POISONED WINE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1661, 30 January 1913, Page 5

POISONED WINE.

MYSTERIOUS FATALITY. WOMAN DEAD. By Telegraph-Press' Association-Copyright . Sydney, January 29 A mysterious poisoning case is reported from Wellington, inland from Sydney. Mr. St. George Miller and his wife were entertaining friends last night, and everything was going pleasantly. A bottle, of wine was produced. Mrs. Miller took a glass and collapsed' within a fewseconds, after exclaiming: "I'm poisoned." Mr. Miller, not believing such, to bo the cast, tasted tho wine, and began to feel bad. He ran to summon a doctor, but was overcome en route. His wife had meanwhile expired.. Mr. Miller is not expected to recover. An empty wine bottle has been found containing sufficient strychnine to kill a dozen people. (Rec. January 29, 8 p.m.) Sydney, January 29. From later details of the poisoning tragedy, it appears that Mr. Robert George Miller, a rabbit trapper, intended to enter the hospital for a slight operation today.

Yesterday Miller ' purchased a small bottle of wine. He and his wife had each a small glassful in the daytime, but experienced no ill-effects. Each drank another glass on returning, and the wife was soon in agony. Miller went to summon a doctor, but collapsed. Miller, whose family were attending a dance next door, heard groans, and returned. They heard Mrs. Miller, as she was dying,, say, "I drank the'wine. It poisoned me." Miller is improving to-c'ay. . ; Miller had a small amount of strychnine in his tedroom, which he used for poisoning rabbits. The pair'lived on the happiest terms. Miller says his wife recently remarked that she was tired of life, but had not threatened, to commit suicide.