SYDNEY POISONING CASE.
EVJDEXCE AT TilE INQUEST. Received 23th. 10.40 p.m. Sydney. May 23. At the inquest on Alexander Brown, his step-daughter deposed that five weeks before his death Brown visited her and said lie was .sulfering from influenza and was going to *tay with Ba*i\i»'s iriend-. \\h'»m lie had beni ill the !).)l»it ol \isiting f«>r a hmg time. She next -ay Brown at th«- hospital the day before hi** ileath. 11V limb- appraretl to be juralysed. He told witness that his jewellery was safe with Baskie's. where witness afterwards saw broken boud* and other projwrty.
Received 20th, 12.*>0 a.m. Sydney. May 23. A Jiur>e at the hospital stated a-ked Brown if anything happened would he give her his belongings. Brojvn answered **Ve;." Hankie brought deceased a rake and f.mit.
The detective who arreted Mir woman r-.ud I Jackie iindc a ;?tat<'iiieiit to him. Mr* aliened that Brown made \iU will leaving h»*r everything. BasUio t"hl liini sin.* had bought the strychnine with which to poison cats. hut Brown tolil Imt it wa>> tin- Hp threw it in tin* fiif. Jia-kie admitted pawning Browns ring* alter h»"> death.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 132, 26 May 1908, Page 3
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189SYDNEY POISONING CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 132, 26 May 1908, Page 3
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