VICTIM OF VERONAL

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8340, 29 January 1913, Page 7

VICTIM OF VERONAL

THE TREVANION CASE FURTHER EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, January, 27. The inquest regarding the death of Hugh Trevanion, a victim of the veronal habit, who was supposed to have been accidentally killed by an overdose of the drug, but who it is now thought may have been murdered, was resumed. Miss Gen-este, at one time Irevanion’s governess, gave evidence that Roe, to whom Trevanion left most of his money was an officer on the Orotava, on which boat Trevanion travelled to Australia in June, 190 G. Trevanion returned to England in 1907. and lived at her house. Roo frequently visited there. # Mr Lamb, a solicitor, stated the circumstances in which Trevanion had given Roe £IO,OOO. Witness believed that Roc had not been told that Trevanion had willed him his residuary estate. In his will of June, 1912, Trevanion directed that Roe’s cremated ashes should be placed by the side of his own in an urn. He did not wish any of his family to be burned near by. Other witnesses testified that Trevanion once confessed that he had taken enough veronal to have killed two people. He decided in 1911 to make Itoe his legatee instead of his brothers. LONDON DOCTOR’S TESTIMONY.

(Received January 28, 10.55 p.m.) LONDON, January 28. A London doctor testified to Trevanion’s drug-taking habits. He said that ho did not believe that he was addicted to unnatural vice. Roe had done much to wean deceased from the use of drugs.

Hugh Trevanion was a grandson of the late Sir Daniel Cooper (first Speaker ol the New South Wales Legislative Assembly). Trevanion, who left .£BO,DUO. inherited much of his money from hie paternal grandfather, a wealthy member of a well-known Cornish family. Hoe, who was a close friend of Trevanion, is the second son of an hotelkeeper in the Irish quarters at Swansea. He started life as a sailor, and spent most of hia time abroad. Trevanion died recently from the results of veronal poisoning, leaving his fortune mostly to persons outside his family. On the application of his mother, who is contesting the will, the body was exhumed and a second inquest was ordered. Roe, who travelled round ■ the world with Trevanion and lived with him after their return to England, said, at the first inquest, that Trevanion had taken a dose of veronal to induce sleep, and became unconscious soon afterwards.