THE WELLINGTON SUICIDE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 74, 26 February 1884, Page 3

THE WELLINGTON SUICIDE.

" Strange Revelations. j '' ' •'■ i&t TELEGRAPH.) (UNITED PBESS ASSOC^ATIOA- .) i : n i ■ :• : ; -v --y^iJiHGTbsf, Feb. 25. : ■ '■■•' Jft tnfe in^u'estbn'the ttody of Olga S^nissp, T^omas.Gordonjfeheniist, said Miller] tiKe su^pbsefl' husband ■of deceased, called' at his shop on Saturday afternobn, rl and said thjtt a friend ojf his' haid. taken' half a boa: of "rough pA rafsj <r ; aitd 'wished, ! to knov^ if such a 'dose 1 would' fjrove fatal';' "Witness i;e4'plikr v Yesj"' and i old' Miller ia gbfoi.I'a doctor at 6nc6. Miller replied ' t'liajb the person who had taken it was a wellknown person m town, and did not require medical assistance: Witness gave him an emetic. In 'about an : h6ur Mfiler returned', and said the emetic had acted. Witness ! told'uii±i rfoj go ior 1 Dr Gillcin at once.. Previous .'to Ihik Miller led- witness -to believie that deceased was-a mrtn, But at this stage he; rhfornied wiiiiiess'iio the con■tiary.' . ■"■' " t '■- ' '■'.^ ' •' . ; :; Pet»rsbny a" ffi^nrf hi Miner's, was ; m deceased's rbbm just -before she dietL 'Miller J there also. Debeased ''sprang' rip m bed; and exclaimed tp Miller, " H;\ve I not loved you, Willie?" Miller replied " Yes, my dhriing; 1 know you ha vp," and kissed her! Witness then 'asked deceased why she 1 had tak^n the poisony anjl she replied she did not think what slip wa^ doing; '^' William, Thomas Miller said. he .was a c&ttbti planter. He first met deceased m OTurie lastj m Auckland. She was then pianist toKudarz and Co,> tralvelKng" performers. "'Witness and deceased came here from Auckland under tire name' of Mr and Mrs Hetherington. On arriving m Wellington they took their pi oper names.' By t)etcclive Bcown-^They were M,t mariieid: '■ ' Miller admitted that his rianie had iftppoared in 'the Auckland- papers m connection with a seduction' casej : and dlso that - r hcr ■ hud given her the poison obtained m Auckland to -kill >!rats. •Aftei* she-had^ tftken the poisbn she hid the key of Hei? bed room door; and told wifcnes^ she was all right. Directly Witness jprbinised not to go for a doctor, deceased opened the door, and witness then ran ; for 'a chemist. : Dx l Gillon held a' post mortem examination, and said lie found the lnngs healtliyj the heart empty, the kidneys congested, and' the stomach much inflamed. The Corprier drew the attention of r the jury to the very longtime that elapsed botwoen the time deceased had taken tho poison until medical aid wap obtained.' . ••'•' : - ' ,' ' ! 1: The jury iotuTned a verdict that ddceased 1 met her death by poison administered by her own handi nob believingj at the time m the deadly nature of the compound- A. rider was added "that Mr W. T. filler deserves severe censure for not' calling medical aid c earlier. 1 ' ' ' •" ' ; . • AtrcKLAND, February 25. 'Olga Stenissc, the barmaid who coni- j niitted suicide m Wellington, was barniaid at tlie Auckland' HotJel, and lost =ber siination because the publican dis ' approved of her flirting- with Miller, j :3^hb hails from Fiji, and came here ! wjth a considerable sutn of moineyi ' -■■'••'" '' ' "' ' A : ~ '"' v' ; ' • ■'■ ;