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Show oo WOMAN DRINKS POISON IN CROWD Gr -en6boro. N C, March 17. Miss Or ce Stilley of High Point, N. C. dramatically drained the contents of' a phial of poison in the presence ofl a startled crowd in the waiting room of n local passenger station today and is not expected to live. Her cousin, cous-in, W R Slzemore, who accompanied her here from Danville. a., was ar-r ar-r -t d imm d:ai and in being detained. de-tained. In the young woman s satchel were found two insurance policies for $50 each. Sizemore being named as the beneficiary. Two similar policies. With phiab of poison, also were found: when the man's baggage was search-ed. Sizemore. according to the police, said the young woman was the wife of William Hicks of High Point, to whom she was married five years ago. Recently she was separated lrom her husband and resumed her maiden name. He denied knowledge of the cause lhat prompted her attempt at-tempt on her life. |