FATAL DRAUGHT

Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1933, Page 8

FATAL DRAUGHT

SYDNEY WOMAN TAKES POISON MURDERED MAN’S SISTER-IN-LAW . W , SYDNEY, May 24. ■ The " body, of a Woman' f ound in the busli lot)' yards' from uaiston Road, -Hornsby,” ‘yesterday atte.noon, has been • ldejltiacd as that of Elsie May Say well, 49, wife of Mr Frank Saywell,' i AiT’s 1 - Say well was the sister-in-law of the 'late vfbtor Claude Saywell, solicitor, Bellevue Hill, who was murdered in his bed.

, Slie lived in a beautiful home in Milner Crescent, Wollswmeciv.ft, and, according to information given to the police, had lately been depressed. , Btsi.de Airs Saywell, who was unconscious when discovered by a woodcutter who neard her groans, was an empty bottle which had contained poison, as well'as two drinking cups, iii Gill u inch the fatal draught lmd b-eii taken.

xlie police report on. the tragedy states tiiac lor some time Airs Saywell Had been living, apart from her husband. Yesteraay aiternoon she left her home in a- car which she later left at a local garage.

A doctor promptly answered the call when Airs.Saywell was found, but she had taken a. big . dose of the deadly mixture, and died while being treated. Airs Saywell,, wliq. was a beautiful woman did . not speak beiore she dhd,. and 1 the police have found 'no; note wribt.n by.‘ her. She was wearing a ''string, of pearls'and her wedding ring; : mdi there w ere? other valuables: in' her ’belongings.