ALLEGED POISONING CASE.
(per press association.)
Auckland, October 8.
What looks very much like an attempt at poisoning occurred at Whangarei, Thomas Johnston being the victim. Johnston found a small flask of whisky at his back door with the following note attached:—“With kind regards from a friend.” Johnston drank a small quantity, which he found had a bitter taste, and soon afterwards he became so ill that he was unable to stand. Suspecting pcison, he dragged himself to his brother-in-law’s residence, and a doctor was sent for. He used a stomach pump, and Johnston was soon pronounced out of danger. The whisky was found to contain a large quantity of strychnine in solution, and had Johnston taken a large quantity the result would probably have proved fatal. The police are investigatng the matter.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 October 1901, Page 4
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133ALLEGED POISONING CASE. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 October 1901, Page 4
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