REGENT'S PARK MYSTERY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7

REGENT'S PARK MYSTERY.

+ » —_- EVIDENCE OF MURDER. ? '- CRIME OF- JEALOUSY. United Service. .' / LONDON, Jan. 1 ' 12. The Daily Mail states that.' the woman , Middleton, whose/body was found in a .'■' bath in the house .where she had lived with a tailor "named, Maltby, was murdered. The,; police surgeon's examination revealed three bullet holes in; the neck, which she: obiild hot have' inflicted 'herself/ There, wj^/;setious'/ quarrels be- ... twtien Middleton anil Maltby Vheh both lost money over horse racing. ; Maltby, who committed suicide, Reached the: rank . of captain in the; army during the, war. . /The Daily Express states that' the police rive found a Winchester, rifle .with which , ;Maltby murdered Mrs. Middreton, doubt- / " less ' on,, account of -.• jealousy, -as letters - sltow that Alaltby; was .suspicious/ .that : another man .had supplanted him. The / woman apparently was murdered when in * "'bed.' - "': . /.' •'/;';..-"■' -f'-'. ; • "■/ A woman named Mrs./Middleton, wife ; ofa., merchant ..marine officer, left her ' home in, August /last: and went to live '■• in ■■ a'- house, in Regent .Park occupied by ' a man 1 named. Maltby, a; tailor, who used the place as- business premises, as well as a dwelling.- ; Majtby: allowed the bu'si- ■ ness- to go-io/pieces and became % recluse. '< -Prior to Mrs. Micldleton's disappearance she had ;■ been • frequently .seen, motoring with -Maltby,;-- It is stated that the latter told, the.that-he had not seen . Mrs. Middleton/ since she left liim •; in " : August. Maltby rarely:<-.ventured : from the house, /and the water and gas - services were disconnected'" by the authorities.. Armed with a warrant granted by the /sanitation/authorities,:/ the;.: police ■broke--into ..the- house. As- they entered ; two shots, were heard./; Maltbj': was /found '. /Wouhcjjed in the .head, .and he died, .a- few minutes. The "police found Mrs; ; "Micldleton's body .bent doubled/with , the face'.;, downwards hi' a bath. "The body ; was in an advanced state,, .decomposii tion... There was'vvcry little water in the ■: bath- ' » ;