LIVERPOOL MURDER
SUMNER ARRESTED ELABORATE DISGUISE OF NO AVAIL. By Tttle^raph—Pre*s Association— Copyrtglq LONDON, December 21. In connection with the murder of Miss Christina Bradlicld, whose body was found in afjsack in the Liverpooi Canal, on the 12th Inst., Sumner, a packer, who was suspected of the crime, has been arrested. It was said that Sumner had attempted to escape on tho steamer Majestic, bur this was not true.
Tho arrest was mad© in a Liverpool lodginghouso, where Sumner had resided since the murder. He had disguised himself by shaving a distinctive oye-brow, wearing spectacles, and by other devices.
Ho frequently walked tho streets, where a former schoolmate recognised and denounced him.
Au Australian living in tho samv house saw Sumner reading the newspapers and examining his own photograph.
Nobody suspected his identity, owing to nis coolness and nonchalance, he joining in the conversation concerning the murder. It is reported that Sumner was found in possession of Miss Bradfield's watch-
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8611, 23 December 1913, Page 5
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160LIVERPOOL MURDER New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8611, 23 December 1913, Page 5
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