A Double Tragedy.
SWEETHEART FOUND DEAD.
WAS IT MURDER AND SUICIDE. Melbourne, July 16. A TRAGEDY occured at Toorak. A girl, who was supposed to be walking home, uas found dead. A youth named Groves was found in a dying condition in the adjoining paddock. He succumbed in the Hospital. Investigation showed that the deaths were caused by strychnine poisoning. A quantity of chocolate creams, with strychnine chrystals adhering, and a bottle, supposed to contain poison, were discovered in Groves’pocket. The victims were sweethearts. The night before the tradgy, when going to meet Groves, the girl told a companion that Gro\%s was very jealous, and had said repeatedly that he would kill himself. She did not care for him, but intended to marry him for the sake of a home.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43351, 18 July 1908, Page 2
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130A Double Tragedy. Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43351, 18 July 1908, Page 2
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