STRYCHNINE IN BODY
SCHOOLMASTER’S CORPSE EXHUMED POISON ORDERED BY WIFE SYDNEY, Wednesday. An inquest was opened today at Queanbeyan, a town 194 miles southwest of Sydney, concerning the death of Mr. Alec Bunfield, a schoolmaster, whose body was exhumed on August 9 at Michelago, a neighbouring township. The medical evidence was to the effect that death was due to strychnine poisoning. A considerable quantity of that drug was found in the body. Deceased’s wife was not present at the inquest, having been seized with a fit before it was opened. Detective Kennedy deposed that he had interviewed Mrs. Bunfield after the exhumation of her husband’s body. She admitted having ordered strychnine on two different occasions. She had done so at the request of her husband, who had told her he wanted to poison rabbits, but he did not say when or where. John Morris, chemist, said he had supplied strychnine to a person whose handwriting was similar to that produced. It was sent to Michela#o, where deceased had resided. The inquest was adjourned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 754, 29 August 1929, Page 9
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173STRYCHNINE IN BODY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 754, 29 August 1929, Page 9
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