TRUNK MURDER CASE
STATEMENT BY OFFICER. (United Press Association —-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, Oct. 30. Chief Inspector Bowden, who was concerned with the investigation of one of the trunk murder cases, retired today. He says that the identity of the murderer is known, hut there is insufficient evidence for an arrest. Chief-Inspector Bowden told the Daily Mail that, although the facts definitely point to a Londoner whose car was seen at Brighton the day the trunk was deposited at the station, the identity of the victim, the locality of the crime, and even the manner of death, have not been discovered.
A London message dated June 19 stated that a cheap brown fibre trunk left at Brighton station, when opened by railway officials, contained a female body lacking head and limbs. This is referred to as case No. 1. Later a suitcase found at King’s Cross station contained a woman’s head and feet believed to belong to the same person. The Brighton trunk was deposited on June 6 and the King Cross suitcase on June 7.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 1 November 1934, Page 8
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