ENGLISH TRAIN MURDER
,WOMAN DONE TO DEATH.
EX-SEAMAN SUSPECTED.
GUARD'S PLUCKY ACTION.
. Tel«W h - Pre? 9 -Copyright ■: ' {Received April 27. 815 p.m.) London, April 27. * VOMAN named Mrs. Stone was Qterday murdered in a carriage of '; London-Brighton express, near 'Three Bridge Station. The train was suddenly brought ■ to a standstill through the communication cord being pulled. ; 4s it slowed down, a former seaL n in the navy, named Harry Booker, who was carrying a knife : n his hand, jumped from the train.; The g« ar(l saw him J ' ump ancl i luckily captured him. It was found that the woman s throat had ■ keen cut and that she had been .tabbed to the heart. \ " The dead woman proved to have ixsen engaged to Booker.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15594, 28 April 1914, Page 7
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