Ethel Lillie Brown was the daughter of a Lincolnshire gamekeeper on the estate of Sir Henry Hawley.
A few weeks later, on Tuesday 22 May 1934 Ethel gave Arthur a cup of tea and corned beef sandwich.
He started having convulsions and went home, a second doctor, Dr Smith, was called and thought the problem was epilepsy.
[5] The local medical doctor ascribed Arthur Major's death to side effects of epilepsy.
However, an anonymous letter to local police, signed "Fair Play" said that Ethel had poisoned Arthur.
[6] The police obtained a warrant to delay Arthur's funeral and an autopsy in London by Dr Roche Lynch found strychnine.
[3] When the police interviewed Ethel she raised the issue of strychnine poisoning before they had mentioned it, greatly alerting them.
[4] Although the evidence was largely circumstantial, on 2 November the jury took one hour to find Ethel guilty.
Ethel was executed at Hull Prison at 9:00 the following day, being hanged by Thomas and Albert Pierrepoint.