THE CONWAY MYSTERY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 49, 13 March 1901, Page 3

THE CONWAY MYSTERY.

THE ANALYSTS) EVIDENCE!. DKATH DUE TO 3TBY/OHNIN& [PUB PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] (Received 12, 4.15 p.m.) SYDNBr, March 12. At the Conway inquest, the Government analyst deposed to the remit of a chemical analysis of the contents of the stomach removed by the Government pathologist at the post mortem on February 21st. He found strychnine present in quantity amounting to newly | grains. He also examined th» kidmys, the leftside rf the heart, and a po tio;i of the liver takoa from Conway's body on Mrrch 2iad, after exhumation, and found strychnine in all. He hlso found poison in all the viscera nud their contents. Three-quarters of * pra'B of otrycnrino in peine of 'h- body was a deadly dose. The Government pathologist recalled, said that half a grain would kill a man. There wore indications that the pii-on was introduced by the mou'h. The t-ymptoms manifested by Conway when dying ww, in witnesses opinion, proof that rleith wa>. ( due to B«rvchriin6. I (Roceive-3 12, 10.IS p.m.) SvDxr.y, March 12. At the inquest, ihe Government Pathologist s"id f-trychnine could not be readily taken with food without the taste being detected, but if administered in beer it would be much more roadi'y concnsled. j Alfrei A lon, who wo» kid his passage! by t!ie Tuiene, s«.id he became ■ acquainted with Conway a couple of: days after he l,ft Wellington. B:-fpre Conway was seized with his fatal illness' be saw a 1 > 'y go forward, and a few minutes ;i:t, rwavds she wont away again. ShOitly after the Hume lady, judging by her dregs, cairn forward j again, and appeared v. h<:w- corne'hitig j under her macin'osh. She Bpo'-te to j Conway, md the two sit down on the; hatch. Conway then put some l hiu<» to his mouth as if drinking. tViway snd the woman at cttr.vei-sing about half an hour. Subsequently Conway, when talking to witness and a companion, while referring to the woman with wbom lie had been sitting, said "th»t is my missus " Coa<v»y handed witness and his ma'e eich a plum, which he said b-s tni>sus had brought. He also said she had brousht him a drink. Witness said to Cinway "it .'eems funny the lady should "travel tialoon and you forward," »nd Conway replied " you should always siva monr-y, you can n-vr be ten cireful." j The lady in Court, Mrs. Smith, was the j one he saw sitting on the hatch with I Conway. . The inquest was adjourned till tomorrow afternoon.