Young woman’s death
Saturday 6 August 1927, The Sydney Morning Herald
ARMIDALE, Friday. A verdict of suicide was returned to-day by the district coroner, at the inquiry into the death of Lexi Gertrude Larkin, aged 20 years, which occurred in the Albion Hotel, Armidale. Medical evidence showed that the girl died from strychnine poisoning. Two witnesses gave evidence that when they found the girl on the floor she said that she had taken strychnine, a quantity of which was found in the room. In a writing pad in the girl's case was the following note: "Good-bye, everyone. I am going beyond the Great Divide. I have been a very wicked girl, but God will find judgment and find punishment for sins. I have loved once, but never again. Good-bye, till we meet beyond the Divide."
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