MURDER RECALLED
morbid relic hunters
LONDON, April 22
Workmen demolishing the Hotel Metropole, Margate, this week paused when they came to Room 66. Fearing a "hoodoo” they drew lots for the job. Half an hour later Arthur Bass, one of the six men who had to carry on with the demolition was severely injured on the hand by a falling brick.
It was in Room 66 that Sidney Harry Fox killed his infirm mother for L3OOO insurance money in 1929. Scores of relic hunters swarmed round the workmen as their picks smashed the walls of the room. Two of ‘.hem quarrelled over the authenticity of the door key. Neither had the right one, for that had been obtained by an earlier caller. One of the detectives who helped bring Fox to justice took home the bedroom door. “Unofficial” h miters even unscrewed Hie door handles and wall fittings.
Brushes, odd ornaments, menus, and notices were other "captures.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1939, Page 4
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