Who Killed Alice Thomas? The Trial of Annie Hearn, 1931 by Mark John Maguire

In  November 1930 Alice Thomas died of arsenical poisoning. It was soon apparent that she had been murdered by either her husband William Thomas or by her friend Annie Hearn - no-one else had the opportunity of poisoning Alice - so which of them did it? Both had been present at the café in Bude, where Alice Thomas had eaten salmon sandwiches which had arsenic in them... But even after a sensational trial, which had all of Cornwall and most of the country enthralled - no-one was any the wiser...

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