INDIAN AND WELSH GIRL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 488, 18 October 1928, Page 15

INDIAN AND WELSH GIRL

MYSTERY OF POISONED LOVERS PASSIONATE LETTERS Efforts to fatliom the secret which lies behind the tragic fate of an Indian and a Welsh girl, who were found dead in bed at a Gower Street (London) boardinghouse, were resumed by Sir Walter Schroder, the St. Pancras coroner, says ‘ The News of the World.” The inquest on the pair, Mauathanath Sanyal, 30, stated to be a qualified doctor, and a native of Delhi, and Miss Gwennyth Rose Lewis. 28, daughter of a schoolmaster, of cwm, near Llandovery, was originally adjourned in order that an analysis might be made, for a hypodermic syringe and a quantity of drugs were found on a table near the dead couple. Dr. Roche Lynch, senior official analyst at the Home Office, now informed the coroner that in the case of the young woman he had found alkaloid morphine in the organs. In his view, a fatal dose of morphine had been taken, and death was due to this cause. He also expressed the opinion that the poison was taken by the mouth, because of the comparatively large quantity found in the stomach.

Mr. llopkins, for the father of the girl: Do you think any of the poison got in by means of the syringe? Dr. Lynch: I cannot say that the poison got in by the syringe, but I am of opinion that some, if not all, was taken by the mouth. Do you think this poison could have been given to this girl without her knowing?—lt tvould be possible to give a hypodermic injection when she was asleep.—Do you think she could have taken it in fruit salts without knowing it?—-The doctor replied that the bitter taste of morphine might or might not be disguised by the fruit salts. It would all depend on whether the girl knew she was taking morphine or not. In the doctor’s opinion the man’s death was due to the same cause, and that the morphine was taken by the mouth. Dr. Lynch added that he had examined two syringes and a tumbler found in the bedroom, on which there was a quantity of white powder. This was found to be morphine hydrochloride. Sir Bernard Spilsbury agreed that death iiA each case was due to morphine poisoning. Detective-Inspector C. Edwards reported that in Sany.al’s bedroom at an hostel for Indian students in Cromwell Road, S.W., he found several trunks. One of them contained a motor-car licence issued by the Calcutta police, two money-lenders’ letters to Sanyal in reply to applications for a loan—both of recent date —a passport showing that Sanyal was born at Delhi, and a number of letters written by the young woman to Sanyal and by Sanyal to her. These letters were very long. None of them was dated, but some were in envelopes bearing post-marks. One was dated Cardiff,* May 16, 1928, and started: “Monty darling.” It was addressed from Ware Ward, Card!: Royal Infirmary. The inspector proposed to read extracts from the letters. The coroner asked Mr. Hopkins if he had had an opportunity of readin the letters. Mr. Hopkin: They are just ordin ary love letters, with occasional hys terical outbursts. The coroner expressed the opinio that parts of the letters ought to read, but they were very long, eit would take some time. He ther fore adjourned ther inquest in order that someone should be present tt identify the girl's handwriting.