THE TREVANION CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 230, 17 February 1913, Page 5

THE TREVANION CASE.

XO FMI'L IT.AY. srccKSTF.i) snnDE. Hy Cable- I'n-s A-iM-i u in!) ('opyri,i:iit. i..ri '.mi. I'i briiaiy 1-1. At the T):'v;i nioii Campbell, a Swaii ea jiv. I'ili'i', aimHt"d Hint tin* story lie to!<l the police about T!oe was untrue. He was drunk at the time. Tlic story was not disclosed. The coroner. summing up. pointed out that fine's influence on deceased was 111 .-.nine ;11 j- £ni,d. Tliere iVils evidence that Roe had a powerful motive for desiring Trevanion's deatli. and his conduct was open to suspicion, but the coroner failed to see evidence of foul play. On the contrary it was very difficult, to see how such a larjre flose of veronal could have been administered without deceased consentin<r. A very likely explanation was that Tievanion committed suicide. The verdict was that I here was no evidence (n ,-hi>\v how the poison was administered. Tln> jury was of opinion that veronal -liould be on lhe poison schedule.

Trevanion was a wealthy voiuif! idler who. on :i tvij) to .Australia. made friends with Hoc. an officer on the lioat. and made liim his companion. Trevanion lialiit uallv took veronal to induce sleep, and on several occasions took an overdose. On the last occasion lie died, and was buried without an in<|iiest. Tlis rviollier liad suspicions that l!oe lia.'l Lfot l'id of liim. as lie knew thai, Trevanion had made a will in liis favor. Tlie hodv was nxlinmed and found to contain 1 ."70 "ruins of \eronal. an enormous dose.