THE TIMARU POISONING CASE.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 26, 3 September 1886, Page 2

THE TIMARU POISONING CASE.

The *|>n<e at our di*|>- mal will not penni’. our giving the whole of the *vi deuce in iite above case, hut . .. ~-g will sarvs to show tlie p*;i i.olal:.'*Thomas ltrohsm. Inspector id I'-..,, *• Ttinaru, deposed that la. a.rested tl-i ... . cused at 8.80 on the night of li. . Vugust, at Hall's re*, eiu-e. He was sec o , bv Detective Kirby a 1 ■ and White. They Wuut U t l . • tr- -it . . Hall was at tnc din ngroouu i „, | seeing them turned Uaik into t . I , ,a As witness and Ins c-iujian. .is _• .. ...... tile ihiiingToo.u lie witness I saw M -- Ho ;stoii come out ol nit- duungrevon tile uppos.n- *l.l. of the hai Halj barkoiuiig lor to cane into the dtn room, which >ln d.d. and ailnea* : - , told tiiom both '. lat he arii.tel t .uni - n warrant on a charge of atn mi t.iu. to murder Mr* Hail by a-lun nsteruig autimouy to her. Mi** Uon»tou *a-1 -

“Oh. antimony, that • what you g I f r your photogiapl.y." Ilall enul to her—- " lie quiet; you hava n.-th ug to Jo with tins ," and sai 1 t - w. :.!«** " What »'—■! I say. I auppoM a min magi , careful with such a cliargr a* this m- le against him.” Witness rei-lied—“ Y- i can say what you pi.-.,**. ~r .tiling *t all if you tlui.k fit." 11 ,n*w,-r* 1—“ I have used antnnonv for a long Innr. I got it to make up into cignc tli* with ,-thur things for asthma. I have l*u:ght tartar emetic at Gutui's and Eiclibnunis itlie local chemist). •' About that lime," Hall said, " v il- '- r IJil in connection with tins matter 1 -lid by niy- If. X!u r* wo* no one el** c ucer ntd m the matter.'* He sai-1 that twice. 11. wa* standing with Ins back to tlie tat-'- xii-1 !i > froi t Ule fire. \ Nit t 111 h* nub lie remarks he p it h'* hand* jmrtlv into hi* pockets. Witness *ai I t<- him. “Take your hands out ; don’t d-> t> st. please." which wa* re|«*ate-l. Hall be>an to r*t very wi-ak and a*k* 1 f. -r a “ mp.“ and wuuees sent t - -n-table b-gun out to ~vt it. Witness and l>it.-- '.ive Kirhv wire about to search Hall when he m* tued as if he , for something t Jnuk, snd Kirl-v * to fetch It by wit .-**'• m*t. -istioi.s. ]’>- this time llxll huJ ci.a .g q ) . , and was standing with hi* b»4 t-’ ll.a fire. Kirhv left Uir r«K»ni. »:.<} he «iid er» Hall |>ul in* handa iij, ) .4 tn*Titen pockrU. WilL«« u>H hi- f Uk« iheu. out, b:i he di 1 not d »o. He Uien a ir«J Hall'e mrtat al onee anl Miss Houston Uien gave a ery and ran betweeu them, and a struggle ens-ial. the f.-tnale prisoner doing ail eh* eoui.t to sei-arate them. Witness eallnl out uA Detective Kirby two of three tunes a* iJm wa* evident Uial Hall wanted to throw’ someth mg into th# fire. On Kirbv cataring th* m<an M-a Houston cco~ml h*« effort* at separation. *u-1 w tic* veil t Kirby Hall was trv mg ti-tiiri'w anuisunris into the fire, and added—“ He has thrown something on the floor.” Witness 1 that hs had succesded in gattain* Hail some distance from tho fire, a* h* was kicking a cork Uiwsrds tin- fordec. \k g. ness then hald anxoaii i . , ( Kirby ssarchexi niu: and 1 *' * latter take s small phia' in. rksd out f Hall's nght hand trcu»er- V . ks! Tl.e botU* cuulaineil aLw d..,j fj ...;j .. j •nine chry stale. He jvr.t the phial op * i-am! snd sent it in fnlnsir Rfwc* aitii M iniier |ari*i» H» sl*o«*w h.i »v

t» " fr hi. Hill'd porket a umall j-arcei luiirki-1 " Tartar tuwlir." Th« cork aJr« I'ljr UirnUorwil tilled the phial. WitI in •» *1 hi *aw Kirby pick up a few parti- [ c).». .( powifer which wurr lying about the I H-i-ir. Kirbv turned Hail'd nghi hand [ ” widid piM-ket iiidiila out, an I a j«irti<ni I * f til* bottom ni the pocket wa* wet. I I!»>i«,| .-arched Hall, witneo* said that I he would now go to the beilraejiii and w -old dearch that. I'naotiernaid, “ Vou'U In i aiiliui./iiv there. He went to tiie bedroom, and a* they were approach im; a tanleouwiiicliali.uk, •• Taylor on Poi“•iii*," producedi wo* lying, Hall took it up an 1 -.ml. ** 1 nnp]>o*e thin also will toll ayainat me." Further aearcb itiacl mod a packet of tartar eiinitic. a bottle containnig r. -hloitllu wine with label on it. n packet containing w lute j kiwi ter, and aoine or.! in; t cigarette* amoked by aathinati. cil pi m AH three tiling* were given t i I>• te-'tive Kirby. In the pa**ago wa* found a bottle of lime-water. Before - :ig upstair*. brandy wa* brought out of 1 • dining room by Countable Kgan. U urn -- noticed that there wan some cloud- -i balance in the lupior, and said to Hall that there was something the niatterfMth it. and he replied, “ No, there ** o- ' Witnesa said, " There id," and >vaa about to drink kiiue that waa |*i (red out either by liimvelf - r witness, when the latter stopped him. Mr* i'.llison, the nurse, gave witness some ice water m a jug, which she said was got tr "fm the kitchen. H* gave th* bottle of *' r Xndy and jug to Detective Kirbv, and 'taw the article* again the following aftersoon, and received them in presence of I'r M l ntyre and v,unstable Daly. Dr Al'ltitvru also handed witness three bottles at that time; likewise he receiled two packets front Dnteetue Kirby, wiiicli he had n "t mu n in that state before, and a small cork from t unstable Strickland, which Dr M Intyre cut m two longitndmally. The latter w-as made up in a parcel by luiiim If and sent to Professor Block. together with the other things, by th hands >f Constable Daly. Witness put a rimiihar --1 each article, and made a men. f them at the time, 1-efore jdacing tin-in in tin bits. At this point, the Court adjourned fur an hour, and a considerable tune was sjumt in numbering the various evhibits iii th< case, which included the bottle and a Mltodnf, a piece of tlaiinel, and a i n-ce of gauze cloth given to the police by the nnrse, Mrs EUieon. The 1 nsja-etor tiien went on t<> give evidence as to the allege,l intended incendiarism as < b-w»; It- wcut again to the heiise of accused on Saturday, '2lst met., and Mrs fj'lisoii showed witness U|>staira to the 'oft or attic, to reach seliich it was neceslairy to go through Hall's bedroom, a small room lead off the latter to the right. There was an opining m the wall, about S feet bv 1* inches, to which the»e is a amall door. Witness Much kerosene very strongly in this room. The cupboard ; door was closed, and on (qiening it the 1 sisell was greater. W ltness here found a | lsriyr quantity of old rags, lemiewhat inatlar to the sweeping of u dressmaker's . •hop. By far the largest portion of the rag* was part of an old 1001 b. flour hug. ; /"lie bag prodilead was the one. Witness I «kw -itlu-r rags and cnmhnstible mntenal lying 1-esidi usi i-ag. Ail wero luore or | b-- it | r. _• ate 1 with kerosei.- On t coming downstairs, Mr* I'.llison showed < witness a new rin nf kerostn- of the

"crystal" brand. After fin ling the thing* enumerated, witness came down and got an cvj-ri as and assistance to take tli maway. He went back to the house in company with Constable Casey, and brought the various article* produced in 1 * , irt on Tuc-dsy to tin Bnlice Station. I-n . n-siie tin hail been opened, and »•' »bo it three-fourth*full. I | J'.iideuee is still la-ing taken.