TRAIN TRAGEDY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22631, 24 July 1935, Page 9

TRAIN TRAGEDY

MURDER AND SUICIDE EVIDENCE AT INQUEST (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, July 22. At the Southampton inquest a verdict|was returned that Keyes murdered Emily Jarvis and then committed suicide. A retired detective inspector gave evidence regarding a previous case where the contracting of the finger on the trigger caused a second shot. The discovery of a couple found dead on a midnight train on July 8 with two bullet wounds in the hearts led to the surprising theory at the inquest at Southampton the case might lie murder by a third person. The couple were John Keyes (24), a purser, and Emily Jarvis (24), whom Keyes is reported to have wished to marry. She was engaged, and refused to give up her fiance. An automatic pistol was found in the compartment, also an undischarged cartridge, which did not fit the automatic. The coroner said it was most extraordinary that there should be two bullet wounds in each case. The shock of having a bullet in the heart must have been awful. “ I cannot see how a man would have the power to pull the trigger a second time,” he said. “ The possibility of a person entering the train pt Waterloo and shooting the couple might be a mare’s nest, but it will be necessary to adjourn in order that further inquiries can be made.