DALKEITH POISONING CASE.
END OF A SEARCH. ■- ' I (Received -February 21, 8 a.m.) LONDON, February 21. John Hutchison, wanted in connection with-, the tragedy at Dalkeith, Scotland, where of sixteen persons attacked by arsenical poisoning after partaking of coffee at a supper by '. Hutchinson's father, - the latter and -one of the guests sue- j cumbed, was arrested at Guernsey,' Channel Islands. | He committed suicide at the mom- ' ent of his arrest, by taking poison. Hutchison was suspected because a bottle of arsenic was missing from his employer's shop. He carried the poisoned coffee from the kitchen to the guests in the dining-room'. It is understood Hutchison was suffering from some form of dementia, and was apparently jealous-9f a deceased guest's attention to a' woman. For several. days he stayed in Jer- ; sey, under the name of "Harrison." He was growing a beard, and remained indoors. He stated he belonged to' Hford.
When a sergeant of police was pursuing him up the stairs of a boarding house in Guernsey, Hutchison drew a phial containing prussic acid from his pocket and swallowed the •contents..
The sergeant seized the phial, but death was almost immediate.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10171, 22 February 1911, Page 5
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192DALKEITH POISONING CASE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10171, 22 February 1911, Page 5
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