A SUSPICIOUS DEATH
AN OPEN VERDICT, Press Association, NAPIER, yesterday. The inquest on Alice Caroline Simpson, a young married woman, who died suddenly about three weeks ago, was' resumed yesterday, when the report of the colonial analyst on tlie contents of the stomach was available. The analyst found minute traces of a strong blistering irritant, but too small -to identify. He suggested ft might be cantlioridin. Further evidence failed to elicit any information as to liow the poison could have been-taken bv deceased, as she was partly an invalid, and there was nothing of a poisonous nature about the house. The jury found that death was due to inflammation, accelerated by some irritant, but liow obtained there was no evidence to show.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2105, 13 June 1907, Page 1
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122A SUSPICIOUS DEATH Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2105, 13 June 1907, Page 1
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