THE RAILWAY TRAGEDY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10425, 24 April 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE RAILWAY TRAGEDY.

MISS CAMP'S MURDERER STILL AT LARGE. The mystery surrounding the murder of Miss Elizabeth Camp on the South-Western Railway, several months ago, is to nil intents and purposes as deep as ever. Despite the increasing efforts of the police, tlio author of the brutal tragedy is still at) large, and the probability of his capture grow more remote daily. The detectives, however, are working with unceasing energy, following up every clue that seems likely to be useful; but at present it looks very much as if they will have to acknowledge themselves beaten. Having disposed of the clue from Reading, which culminated in the arrest of the man Marshall in that town, the Scotland Yard authorities are now prosecuting inquiries in a direction which Inspector Marshall has some hopes may lead to satisfactory results. Very great energy is being displayed in endeavouring to trace tho movements of & suspectod individual between five p.m. on the evening of the murder and one p. in. on the following day. Should this point bo cleared up the police are of opinion that there is a strong probability that the murderer will bo discovered. The person indicated was in the vicinity of Ilounslow on the day of Miss Camp's murder, and the following afternoon he turnod up at a point many miles distant in a condition which showed that he had been tramping all night, and statements made while in his exhausted condition showed that he had feared pursuit. Ho has been more reti cent since, and efforts are now being made to discover where he spent the period between the hours mentioned above.

Tho following description of the pestle with which the crime was undoubtedly committed has been issued by the police: —A porcelain and wood pestle, 12 inches in length, circumference at head 8} inches, length of wooden handle 7 inches, and of porcelain hoad 5 inches. Stamped on the porcelain, about J-inch from the handle, is the figure nine. It has upon the porcelain a number of brass streaks, which suggest that it had been used at brass work, probably for pounding in a brass metal mortar.