"I LOVED HIM."
SOBBING GIRL IN COURT. CHARGED WITH MURDER. LONDON, Jan. 23. At the inquest on Herbert Musgrove, a pianist at a Bradford hotel, who was fatally stabbed on January 11, as he was leaving tho hotel, Catherine Thorpe, aged 20, who is charged with the murder, sobbed and moaned continuously. A woman named Dolly Lancaster gave evidence to the effect that sho and Thorpe had been drinking in an hotel for several hours on the evening of the murder. Thorpe said she intended to "knife" Musgrove, and when witness asked, "What's he done to you?" Thorpe referred to her association with Musgrove. A detective swore that, when charged, Thorpe said, "I did it because I loved him." A butcher identified the knife with one which he missed after Thorpe had visited his shop. •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 57, 6 February 1925, Page 5
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