EASTBOURNE MURDER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 9

EASTBOURNE MURDER.

• MISS KAYE'S CAREER.

MAHON FORMALLY CHARGED

&nsltali\n ami N.Z. Cable Association. CRecd. 9.55 p.m.) DON. Mar 6. It has now been revealed that Miss Emily Kaye, ■who is supposed to be the girl -who was murdered at the Eastbourne bungalow, lived in Manchester until two vears ago. She was a capable shorthand writer and typist®, and was employed by Messrs. Beith, Stevenson and Company, accountants, acting as private secretary to Mr. Donald Beith. Miss Kaye was a typical pretty, outdoor girl, a keen lawn tennis and hockey player. Later she came to London and was employed by two city firms. It was when she was working for Robertson, Hill and Company, accountants, that she first met Patrick Mahon, the man who is held by the police. He was general manager of a soda fountain company. The girl wrote to Mrs. Beilby, her cousin's wife, residing at Halisham, near Eastbourne, at the beginning of April. Mahon was brought before the Court today and charged with the murder of the girl. He was remanded to Hailsham, ■where the inquest concerning Miss Kayo's 'death opens to-morrow. Mahon, when charged, replied: I have already made a statement which clearly shows that I was not the*'murderer.

The police have discovered nearly all the bones of Miss Kayo's head. They have now . evolved a definite theory as to how she met her death. They state that the victim was 28 years of age. She had "been living at a woman's club in the West End of London. She was identified "by means of a skirt found in the* bungalow. Her clubmates say that Miss Kay a was a pretty, sweet-natured girl, and •wildly happy over her prospective marriage. She was never visited by men, tennis being her . chief hobby. A motor-car driver and other people at Eastbourne are emphatic that there was a second dark woman whose soubriquet was "The Countess." Mahon's mother is living at Liverpool. •Mahon has been living with his wife and daughter at Richmond. He is an Irishman, and a .well-known member of the Mid-Surrey Bowling Club. He was playing on the club green on Thursday. He was then in unusually good spirits.