THE AGRA TRAGEDY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 10, 10 January 1913, Page 5

THE AGRA TRAGEDY.

WAS FULHAM POISONED ? EXPERT EVIDENCE. (By Electric /Telegraph.—Copyright (United Press Association.) Agra, January 9. Major O’Meara, who conducted the exhumation, gave evidence that Fulham’s remains were remarkably well preserved, possibly duo to the presence of arsenic. The symptoms described by Mrs Fulham’s letters were compatible with arsenical poisoning by small doses over a long period. A mixture of atrophine and cocaine would produce symptoms of heartstroke, but Fulham’s temperature was not high enough. The prosecution read a letter from Dr. Clark instructing Mrs Fulham to artificially raise the thermometer so that the readings would be consistent with heartstroke. Major O’Meara added that there was nothing jn the hospital records to suggest that Fulham was suffering from paralysis or was insane. The chemist who conducted the post mortem examination gave evidence that he failed to find poisons in Fulham’s remains, excepting a slight trace of arsenic in the thigh bone. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (Received 10.25 a.m.) Calcutta, January 9. The prisoners in the Agra murder cases have been committed for trial.