A Narrow Escape.
The inquest on the body of Mrs O'Neill, who died from an injury to her throat afrer a recent drunken orgie, and whose husband was there upon arrestid on the charge of hay iDg murdered her by cutting ber throat has concluded at Melbourne. The accused alleged at the outset that his wife fell and brokp a teapot, a fragment of which inflio'ed the ■•-'" wound, and at. the post-mortem ex animation a j tgged piece of the teapot was found embedded in the vertebrae at the back of the neck. The jury having heard the mcdi cal evidence, decided that O'Neill's account of his wife's death was correct, and he has accordingly been re leased from custody.
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Manawatu Herald, 10 June 1899, Page 3
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120A Narrow Escape. Manawatu Herald, 10 June 1899, Page 3
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