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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10132, 15 May 1896, Page 5

A shocking discovery was made ah the Grosrenor Road ticket-collecting station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. Craddock, the ticket examiner, proceeding to a first-class compartment of the express which had left Brighton at five o'clock, found a gentleman, with his brains blown out, lying across the cushions. By the side of the deceased was a large bulldog revolver. Inquiries since made by the railway officials and the police have led to the identification of the deceased as Captain Alfred Etheridge, of 60, Cambridge Road, Brighton. Captain Etheridge, who is said to have held a commission in the 05th (Darby) Regiment, left the train at Redhill, and gave one of Smith's bookstall boys several letters to poßt, with the remark that they were important. A passenger travelled in the same carriage with the deceased from Redhill to Clapham Junction. The tragic affair must therefore have occurred between the latter station and Qrosvenor Road. - This day, Samuel Vuilo and Sons will sell by auction, at their land sale rooms, Queenstreet, a number of very ( valuable farms, on terms so easy that they will be placed within the reach ofi»lmost any buyer; 'also, a brick building in Albert-street, good,,cottage at Surrey Hills, "and other'properties.