CLOTHES ON THE BEACH.
j ALLEGED INSURANCE FRAUDI / J ARREST IN CHRISTCHXTKCH.','*i WOMAN "DROWNED" Df ENGLAND, (Bj- Tele?mpU.—rrcss Association.). ; - CHRISTCHURCH, ihh day. i At Eaugiora detectives arrested on warrant from London a woman, a»ed"s* . on a charge of conspiring to defraud the Prudential Insurance Company of Lou, don of £2853. . ' The alleged conspiracy centred abonfc" ; a life insurance policy taken out by % woman one morning in 1924. She went for I a ba.'he at a Devon watering-place, bufc • she was not seen there again, and all > tlie trace that was found of her was « ■ pile of clothes on the beach. After in-" quirks had been made it was decided i that she had beeii drowned, and £2883, J the amount of the insurance policy, wa» I paid out to her relatives. ; About two months ago the Ghrittf church police began inquiries, whifiif eventually led up to the woman's arrest.; The arrested woman, Susannah Bevan, 1 alias Tfixie French, appeared before thei Magistrate's Court this morning, and s was remanded till Friday, the police ! saying it would be necessary to await - the arrival of an escort from London.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 20 February 1926, Page 8
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187CLOTHES ON THE BEACH. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 20 February 1926, Page 8
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