HEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1921, Page 3

HEWS BY MAIL.

POISON .MYSTERY. PARIS, July 27. Tlte mysterious death by ptustui ol Al. I’eiitieaii. a wealthy inereliaill ol Droux, Eure-et-Loir Depurl men I, is pttz/.littg the police ol thill su all pi'ovint'ial town. Aline. Peri licit tt. a young and pretty' blonde, lias Iteoil nrrestt'd and charged witli having administered cyanide o! petas-iiiin lo Iter ilderly hushanil it: oi tier to gain possession ol his lotton -. u hieli was to come to -her by tbe lerais ol bis will. Al me. Pcrincati |u ote-!- that site sas passiottalely de-voU I to tbe dead tllall. Mtlil hits not tile -liebtesi idea of I-.0-a he ealne In 'ake puistni. M IVriui ;iu die. 1. oil tin' nighl *'t .) :'9 His » ite sns U r.t she did t. ■! go lo bed tint! ni .'hi. Si ai gave as a reasoit lor lliis tlutt it was St John Eve, and in aecorilattee wait a ruta! stiperstilitni site had to temaitt awake to prevent Iter fowls Imm sitting on their eggs, as tiiat would bring a year’s misfortune lo lit*' house. At midnight - hi- mi tk up two ghtSseS of wai.q to her luisliatul. ile pm stiitie salts in one o the titiiihhu's and (ifiiitk litem. When she saiv Him an hour later he. had ie'i ell to the floor ami was dying. She leu-lied a doiqor. who li-utul the merchatit dead. Dissatisfied with the s'yniptiini'. lie inforined the poliee that a post mortem mast beheld. It was t e.t found that AL Poiineau bad swallowel a b.ige dose of cyanide of potassium. His pretty wile admits having bought some of this drug from a wholesale i heti'isl some months liel’ure, hut asserts tlutt her hushanil meant to usa‘ it to remove stains from smite photographs.