A QUEENSLAND TRAGEEY
POISONED CHOCOLATES. By Telegraph-Press Association. Received 20, 8. 55 p.m. Brisbane, December 20. At the inquiry into the death of Miss Ziiiman one doctor said that there were no very marked symptoms of poisoninw Another said that there were several characteristics' of strychnine poisoning. Mrs. Peterson, who recovered after eating the poisoned chocolates, deposed that the packages that Miss Ziiiman received by post included one from Mrs Walker, a former housekeeper. Buyers, who Ziiiman was en»a»cd to marry, deposed to posting thiT fetters, and a parcel to Miss Ziiiman, but he sent no chocolates. He admitted certain relations with Mrs. Walker and promising to marry her if her husband died or she got a divorce, \fter their separation Mrs. Walker said she would leave him free to marry, as it was not fair to ask him to wait. She seemed pleased that he was engaged to MisZiiiman.
(A Brisbane cablegram, dated October 30, says:—A mysterious tragedv has occurred at Warwick. A Miss Ziiiman received by post a box'.of chocolates. She ate three and died in great a»onv A companion (Mrs. Peterson) ate°one,'and became seriously ill, but recovered
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 184, 21 December 1912, Page 5
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190A QUEENSLAND TRAGEEY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 184, 21 December 1912, Page 5
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