OKOROIRE POISONING CASE.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 374, 25 March 1902, Page 2

OKOROIRE POISONING CASE.

[by ieleobaph. press association.] Auckland, last night. Among tho guests who were taken ill at Okoroire wero Mr and Mrs Wilson. Tho latter on Friday morning was still ill. Two others, Miss Joshua and Miss Barnott, are in Auckland. Miss Barnett was one of the guests poisoned, and though not quite recovered, is not seriously ill. The following wore affected by the poison Misses Horne (2), Mrs Wilson (Brisbane), Miss Mahoney, Mrs Court (Auckland), Miss Phyllis Bloomfield (Auckland), Miss Barnett (Wellington), Misses Madden and Tine (waitresses), Misses Walker and McCabe (housemaids), Mr Blake (hotel clerk), Mrs Smith (married daughter of tho proprietor), Mrs Callaghan (wife of the proprietor), Chivers (the gardener), a half-caste Maori, tho cook (a Japanese), Callaghan (proprietor of the_fiotel). Messrs J. and .A. Court, Mr Wilson, and Miss Joshua (Miss liarnett’s cousin) were not affected. Miss Joshua partook of similar food to - f that which Miss Barnett ate. LEMON SPONGE AND WBIPPED CREAM. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night. Inquiries by the police with reference to the Okoroire poisoning case are tending to show where the poison wa3, it having been ascertained that those who took ill had lemon sponge and whipped cream for dessert, while thoso who did not suffer at all seem to have passed this dish. Dr Roberts, who has now returned to Cambridge, favors the theory of arsenical poisoning. Samples of the lemon sponge and whipped cream are to be analysed.