THE RANDWICK HORROR

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 122, 1 September 1910, Page 5

THE RANDWICK HORROR

SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE. "BETTER THERE THAN OVER THE CLIFFS J" 8y Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright Received August 31, 9.15 p.m. Sydney, August 31. The Coroner opened the inquest on Miss O'Brien to-day. The Government Analyst, who examined the stomach of deceased, deposed that it contained ergot and traces of an unknown drug. The examination was not complete. The mother (Nurse Roe), who had married again, gave evidence that she •was unaware that the girl was in any trouble. Mrs. Nock deposed that on the day of Miss O'Brien's disappearance, witness was at Nurse Brown's, and a young lady came and went upstairs with Brown. Shortly afterwards Brown came down and said the girl had fainted. Witness helped carry iher to a balcony, and then sent her with a message to Nurse Roe's. Witness saw no more of the girl. On the following Wednesday sne saw Brown at the races.« Brown told witness they bad put the girl on the Band hills. Witness remarked, '"How cruel!" Brown replied: "Better put her there than throw her over the cliffs, as the girl's father and mother wanted." Nurse Roe denied having, visited Brown, and also the statement about throwing the body over the cliffs.