SUPPOSED POISONING CASE
MAN FOUND DEAD IN BED. By Telegraph-Press Association Hawera, May 27.* ' Henry Duprcy Taylor, a well-itnown blacksmith and engineer, was I'ouud dead in • bod at his residence, Victoria Street. It was. the deceased's custom to visit his workshop every morning at 7 o'clock, returning home to breakfast. He was seen in the shop at the usual hour, and was in Kood spirits. He went home, but tailed to put in nn appearance, later at (ho shop. His assistant, a lad, went to Tavlor's residence at 1 o'clock, and found him apparently asleep, but failed to arouse him. The lad tried again at \ o'clock, without result. He then went lor ussistauoe, when it was discovered Hint the man was' foaming at the nose and mouth. A bottle containing poisonwas found on a table beside the bed. Medical aid was summoned, but failed to restore vitality. Deceased had been livinsi alone for some weeks, his wife and two young children being on a visit to Sydney.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 208, 28 May 1919, Page 7
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167SUPPOSED POISONING CASE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 208, 28 May 1919, Page 7
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