British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 May 1913, Page 4

British and Foreign.

IBT ILBCTIUO TELKeKAPH-OOPVBIGBTy f PHR rRWJI JWMCUTIOM 1 E'-TATE OF HUGH TKEVANIOX LONDCLV, May 11. Hugh Treranion's jmrsonulty lias Ijt'pu .worn at £51,8129. Hugh Troranloii, a victim of the tlriiß habit, who w ae ab first thought to have died from an overdose of veronal, but was subsequently bolicved to havo been nuirdored, wnK a. grandson of the late Sir Daniel Coo)wv (first Speaker of (he Sew .South j Walos Legislative Assembly). Trevaniun inh(>ritecl much of his jnonoy from his paternal gwndfalW, "si w<viHliy nioinl.ior of the uel'i-known Cornish family. Eoe, „•],„ wag a

close i'riond of Trevanbu, is the second son of an hotelkoepor in the Irish quarters at Swansea. He started life as a sailor, and spent most of his time abroad. Trevanio.n died at the beginning of the year from tlio results of veronal poisoning, leaving his fortune mostly to persons outside his family. On the application of his mother the body was exhumed and a second inquest was ordered. Roe. who travelled round the world with Trevanion and lived with him after their return to England, said, at the first inquest, that Trcvanion had taken a dose of veronal to induce sloop and been me unconscious soon afterwards. After a lengthy hoaring of evidence at the second inquest in February. the coroner, in summing up. poiHted out that Eoe's influence over deceased was in some respects for hie good. The thome of the evidence was that Roe had a powerful motive in desiring Ins I death. .Roe's conduct was open to suspicion, lint he failed to see that there was evidence of foul play. On the contrary, it was very difficult to see how eighty largo doses, of veronal could lie administered without deceased consenting. A very likel,\ explanation was suicide. A verdict was returned that death was due to poisoning, but that there wan m; evidence as to how the poison was administered. The jury was of opinion that veronal should be pla--'•'I on the poison schedule.