CROWBOROUGH CRIME.

Northern Advocate, 9 February 1925, Page 5

CROWBOROUGH CRIME.

SUICIDE DISCOUNTED. THORN COMMITTED FOB TRIAL. (Received 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, February 7. Norman Thorn was committed for trial at the Sussex Assizes after evidence in. which Sir Bernard Spilsbury, Home Office Pathologist, testified that Miss Cameron's death was due to injuries to the face, head and limbs. There were no indications that death had been caused by hanging.—Reuter. DEAD GIRL'S LETTERS. . PITIFUL REVELATIONS. (Received 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, February S. The full text of the letters of the dead girl Elsie Cameron is strangely irreconcilable with Sir Bernard Spilsbury's statement that there was no indication of pending motherhood. They are remarkably frank and written in perfect English.

A letter beginning, "You have bioken my heart," continued, "I gave you myself and all my love. Had I gone off my head it would have be on no excuse for . your carrying on with the other girl. Your love for mo should have kept you true. It is a poor thing for a man to let himself go because his girl's nerves are bad. Apparently you deceived the other girl also. Oh, Norman! Had you been a raving lunatic I would never have betrayed your trust. You do not write a sincere word of love to me, though. I stood by you in all your troubles. Well, Norman, I expect you to marry me and finish with the other girl as soon as possible. My baby must have a name, and, another thing, I love you in spite of all. I have been told you can trust no man, but, oh Norman, I thought you were different." Miss Caldicott* admitted visiting Thorn in the hut in the evenings and accompanying him to cinemas. Asked what they did in the hut, she replied, "Made love."—A. and N.Z.