WIFE POISONED.
CHARGE AGAINST HUSBAND. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Jan. 6, 5.5 pjn. London, Jan. 5. The jury at an inquest on Mrs. Black returned a verdict that death was due to arsenic poisoning, which Black adminis-tered.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
A cable from London, dated November 18, stated: Edward Black, an insurance agent of Tregdhissey, Cornwall, left home on an alleged business engagement a few days ago. His wife was then ill. After his departure his wife died. In. the circumstances the doctor declined to give the usual certificate. It then transpired that Black had been dismissed from employment and sued for several debts, and later a warrant was issued on a charge of fraud. The woman’s organs were submitted for chemical analysis. Black has not been traced. A search is proceeding throughout the country. The ports are being watched, and ships which recently departed are being wirelessed to.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1922, Page 5
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148WIFE POISONED. Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1922, Page 5
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