HASTINGS MYSTERY

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20908, 13 September 1939, Page 11

HASTINGS MYSTERY

YOUNG WOMAN’S FATE CHARGES AGAINST CHEMIST POLICE REFER TO RUMOURS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) HASTINGS, Tuesday Inquiries by the police into the cirsumstances of the death of Miss Muriel Esther Reichelt, whose body was found in Avenue Road, Hastings, on July 20, resulted in the appearance before Mr Miller in the Magistrate’s Court this morning of Godfrey Goldwell, a Ilasting’s chemist, on. two indictable charges. On the request of the police a remand until October 4 was ■granted. No opposition was entered to the request for bail, which was granted in the sum of £3OO in his own cognisance and two sureties of £l5O each. The counts against accused are that on or about June 16 at Hastings he did unlawfully supply Muriel Esther Reichelt with a certain poisonous tiling, to wit, ergot, knowiug that the same was to be unlawfully used with intent to procure the miscarriage of Muriel Reichelt; that on or about July 19 at Hastings he did improperly interfere with the dead human body of Muriel Esther Reichelt. Reference to Rumour© “ There are certain persistent rumours abroad, and 1 would like to point out that accused is charged with supplying a poisonous thing on June 17, and the young woman died about July 19,” said Detective-Sergeant Revell. “ From our point of view the police do not suggest that there is any connection between the supplying of this noxious thing and the death of the young woman a month later.” “ I think that is a very fair statement to make. It has my approval entirely,” said the magistrate. “It is only right that such a statement should be made at this juncture, 60 that no false suggestions should get abroad.