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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1729, 9 June 1886, Page 4

On the 16th of last month (the Peath correspondent of *h<> Standard »»ays) tii" <!sni{rhter of »m official of the Austro- Hungarian Rail way i named IrmaSz^n'onvi, a handsome £(irl of seventeen, mid w««U known m the best middle class snuiVty of Pesth. died there. Suspicions having !>epn arouspd, a post-mortem examination of the body was made, which made it clear that th« unfortunate girl hud ne»n p'-isonpd by v phosphorus. The LWy remained m the town hospital Pairing'' the police investigation, which blasted alxmta week, and eventually a servant confessed that on March 15 Irma had had a quarrel] with her Stepmother, and poisoned ihorspJlf m consequence' Ifc appears that she took the poison m her room,where she ■was left unattended screaming m the moat heartrending manner all day And ni«hl; until four the next morning, wlu'n she dio<}., Neither father nor stepmother entered h-r room ■during Ji'l ilm-s? Bfivuni^en horns of , frari'nl torture, the latter further for■'.l>ii?dinjj the w-rvants to until the screams had eeawd, after which ■the doctor was »=ent for. The father ■ yran a former officer m the arniv, aged 00. and the stepmother wa« J 29 years ; of age.