The Conway Mystery.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 123, 14 March 1901, Page 3

The Conway Mystery.

Sydney, March 12.At the inquest on the body of Conway the Government Analyst, Reposed, that, as the result of a chemical analysis, of the contents of the. stomach removed b , the Government Pathologist at the post mortem examination held on February 21st, he found strychnine present in a quantity amounting to nearly threequarters of a grain. He found poison in.all the viscera and their content*, amounting to three quaitsrs of a grain in some of the. organs of the body. This was a deadly dose.

At the inquest the Government Pathologist said that‘strychnine could not be readily taken with food without the taste being detected. If it was, administered in beer it would he much more readily

Alfred Aden, who worked his pas sngo to Sydney by the -Talwie, sain that he became acquainted with Conway a couple of days after the steamer left Wellington, Xlefore Conway was seized with his fatal illness he saw a lady go forsvard. A few minutes afterwards she went away again. Shortly after the same lady, judging by her dress, came forward again, and appeared to have something under her macintosh. She spoke to Conway, and the two eat down on the hatch, Conway then pnt something to his mouth, as if drinking. Conway and the woman sat conversing about half an hour. Subsequently Conway, talking to witness and a companion and referring to the woman with whom he had been sitting, said, “ That is my missus.” Conway handed witness and his mate each a plum, which he said his missus had broiight. and he also said she had brought him a drink. Witness said to Conway, “ It seems funny that the lady should travel saloon and you forward.” Conway replied, “You always save money; you can never be too careful.” Witness and his companion wont a\yay for a short Tub. and when they came back they found Conway ill. In witness’ opinion the lady in Court was the one that he saw sitting on the hatch with Conway. He did not notice her face. Witness himself next morning was seized with a slight fit, but did not attribute it to the plum Conway gave him. The inquest was adjourned till to morrow afternoon.