LONDON TAXI-CAB TRAGEDY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18564, 23 November 1923, Page 10

LONDON TAXI-CAB TRAGEDY

ETHEL IRELAND'S HISTORY.

NATIVE OF NEW ZEALAND.

[BT TKLIGBAPH. —FRXSS ASSOCIATION.) PALMESSTON NORTH. Thursday.

The sensational London taxi-cab murder, in which the victim was Ethel Ireland, whose throat was cut by a man named Iggulden, has a direct local interest, as the murdered woman formerly resided at Palmerston North.

The tragedy recalls a level crossing accident at Monrad Street in January. 1920, when a horse attached to a spring cart. iMwn hv Mr. T '<omas Sandforcf, accompanied by life wife, was run into 'by tile iNapier CApiiis, jus. ftandford dying of her injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Sandford were, the parents of the murdered woman, who was married to Horace Ireland, who: at the time was manager of a local jewellery establishment. There were three children—Gladys May (aged eight), Ethel Isabel (aged 21 years}, and Horace Alan (aged 14 months). The murdered woman, accompanied by her father and the children, left for England by the Tainui in November, 1920. Later, Ireland left, presumably for England. ■' " k