MURDER MYSTERY
SCOTLAND YARD’S SECOND IN A WEEK GIRL’S FIERCE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE (Rec. October 6, 7.30 p.m ) London, October 5. Scotland Yard’s second murder mystery of the week concerns Constance Oliver, a typist, 21 years of age, who after being missing since Sunday was discovered in Richmond Park strangled by her own clothing. Everywhere there was evidence of a fierce struggle for life, from the trampled ground to the clothing. The face was shockingly bruised. A park keeper found the body in a lonely spot among bushes, and nearby was the girl’s umbrella,-broken into four pieces. Marks of identity had been carefully removed from the clothes. The murderer overlooked a handbag, including the girl’s diary written in shorthand. Relatives say that Miss Oliver made ,-the acquaintance of a man a fortnight ago. Her sister saw’ the man yesterday and asked if he had seen Connie, as her mother was anxious._ The man replied, “My God, I will see your mother,” but he did not. The police have issued the description of Sidney Goulter, a motor mechanic.
• London, October G. Goulter at the police station was questioned, but was not charged.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 11, 7 October 1927, Page 11
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