DEATH IN THE TEACUP.
fr r—TWO WOMEN ATTEMPT TO POISON THEIE ENEMY. Br ®«lesrasli—Fr<ea Araooiatlon—OopyrJgfc* Melbourne, June 16. Two young women, Clarice Cowell and Elizabeth, Barry were remanded in cus tody on a charge of conspiring to murder a Mrs. King by placing strychnine in lier tea. • The -police evidence showed that Barry called on Mrs. King, representing herself as a friend of the blotter of King. She was asked to have a cup of tea. After the tea had been made, Mrs. King left the room, and on returning 6ipped the beverage. Discerning a peculiar taste, she did not drink it. She' examined it after Barry.tad left, and found it contained sufficient strychnine to kill ten people. • Whon arrested, Barry made a statement that she and Cowell had conspired to poison Mrs. King. ' Powell first denied this, but subsequently oonSrmed Barry's statement, and added that King had cruelly treated and ruined her, and that she wished to get rid of Mrs: King.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1778, 17 June 1913, Page 5
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163DEATH IN THE TEACUP. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1778, 17 June 1913, Page 5
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