THE POISONING CASE IN WELLINGTON.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 335, 29 February 1884, Page 5

THE POISONING CASE IN WELLINGTON.

1 Wellington, Feb. 25. — At the inquest on the body of Olga Henesse, Thomas Gordon, a chemist, said that Miller, the Fupposed husband of the deceased, called at his shop on Saturday afternoon, and said a friend oi his had taken half a box of " Rough on Kate," and wished to know if such a dose would prove fatnl. "Witness replied " Yes,' and told Miller to go fur a doctor at once. Miller replied that the pu'^on. who b -d tiker it was a well-know." person in town, an/I cHs. not require medical a^«'3rar.cs. Wi'iic*gave him an envtlo. In about au hcu , Miller return.'jj, and raid f'h^t 'ho cm-, tic had acti-.d. "**if.n^p.s >al»l [\bv. in a< ior Dv Gillon. at once, Previous to thi

Miller led witness to believe that the deceased was a man, but at this stage he informed witness to the contrary. A friend of JJ Miller's, who was in deceased's room just f before she died, said that Miller was there 1 also. She sprang up in her bed and ex- " claimed to Miller, " HaTe I not loved you, y Willie ?" Miller replied, " Yes, my darling ; b I know you have," and kissed her. Witness . then asked deceased why she had taken the 3 poison, and she replied that she did not think |j what she was doing. William Thomas Milt ler said that he was a cotton planter. He first met the deceased in June at Auckland, where she was pianist to Kudarz and Compy,, T travelling performers. Witness and deceased } came to Wellington from Auckland, under • the names of Mr and Mrs Hetherington. On i arriving in Wellington they took their L proper names. They were not married. ; Witness admitted that the name of the de« . • ceased had appeared in the Auckland papers in connection with a seduction case ; also that he had given her poison, obtained in Auckland, to kill rats. After she had taken the poison she had the key of the bedroom, and told witness that she was all right. Directly witness promised not to go for a doctor deceased opened the door. He then ran for a chemist. Dr Gillon. who held the jwst-nioi'tem, said that he found the lungs healthy, the heart empty, the kidneys congested, and the stomach very much inflamed. The Coroner drew the attention of the jury to the very long time that had elapsed between the time that the deceased had taken poison and medioal aid being obtained. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased met her death by poison administered by her own hand, not believing at the time in the deadly nature of the compound. They added a rider that Mr W. T. Miller deserved severe censure for not calling in medicai aid earlier.