THE FATAL WEDDING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3037, 2 January 1892, Page 2

THE FATAL WEDDING.

ANOTHER VICTIM:-^ (BY TELGaiUI'H—PKBSS ASSOCIATION.) MAsTHIiTOS. Thursday. AvOTHKR "f tho victinn "f tho poisuninp alee at Pahiutna, the child of Mv Samuol Naylnr, died this nfteninnu. A profound sensation is still prevailing in the district, anil the greatest possible alarm U felt by those who are suffering from the effects of the poison. No clue has yet bean found to show the cause of tho unhappy occurrence, ti'i-, in all probability, will any be discovered until after the inquest. Dr. If"HkiriK ridicules the idea that oxalic acid *as put in confectionary in mistake for Kpsorn Halts.

An inquest on the bodies of Messrs l'oter Dicksnn ati'l Joseph Monro, was comnionced last night. Dr. Davenport doported that tiiu .symptoms were thosu which would be found in the case of arsenical poiHe had from the first, consul-red tho CISO hopeless, and the post-niortoin examinations showed every indication that the men had bo«n poisoned by nrxoinc in a solid form. Povtions of tli.i stonwcii, intestines, and liv-r, are being prosorved for analysis, as well as part of the food used at ;it Niiylor's house on Boxing J>iy. Ur. Husking Rave similar evidence. After a warrant had been issued to bury the bodies the ioqua-t was formerly adjourned until tho 3th January. Machines Nnylor and Moore, and Messrs Robert Ssdcole and Pierce Lundon, others of tho victims, are lying in a p -acinous state.