BODY IN CELLAR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18760, 17 July 1935, Page 13

BODY IN CELLAR

MURDER OF YEARS AGO?

PUBLIC.HOUSE MYSTERY

LONDON, June 6. A murder of many years a,gb is believed to liaVe been revealed by the discovery in the cellar'pi' : ;a Spilth London public-house yesterday pf :tlic_ mummified body of a man. « Superintendent HonvpH, pf Scotland ■yard, t)r. Davi'dsonj of police .College Laboratory, and Sir Barnard Spilsbfiry were,last luglit aUemptiiig to i-e- - crime. ' ' Tlie discovery was nwle in a Recess leading to the' Eqhest,ri;iu In Blackliiars, next .door to' tlte famous 'old Surrey Theatre, which is now being demolished. Geprge '.Squthard; apot(mari, went to the recess, which..baeks on .to the theatre, to prepare tp limewash

it' " '.''■.; ,. ■ ■llempying: ;*>■ number ,pf cli%rs, he came upp'n a Tpll of old Quitaiiis/ with •Brass rings still linpieqjn and cjjrpet. Thick rope was -tied ,rohqd the bundle, and removal of the rope rc:IN .BR^KOHfiS Ttm ; bpdy ,is described .as that xA a man, aged - about s£>', about 6ft. Bm. iii 'heignt, Wiih aw baiy. itill ■iirarf^^wfi.P^':P M ?« , v l '**ifi?j m " cludeil a jaqkeit of iierring-bpqe gijey, a 'ijiiir of ridjng'ibreechehi,* and .a -pair of laced boots. At the 'uaok of the skull was a deep Repression such as would have ,bcen iiauscd it the .victim bad been struck u .heavy blow on the head Sir Bernard Spilsbury, who was summoned to the cellar, spent about nn hour examining the body. T;i«> visir o! 'the potiu<tu to the cellar

terday is said w !;r\- A • '• th -j,x years,, and,.aecprdipg-.to his stateid ,n.o one bad entered the place ne'e that for 50 \f.tss.

The public-house .vas originally built 'so9', and rebuilt in ItSU. Tiie, <ild- Siurv Tlieatre, next ,door,

■ xhv lav y<>A)i famous for that type of p.!;iv, wif'i i brills', mnrder; and villnin.s, wliieb iis the was across the river from the majority of hondon .theatres—beeainc k'nmvn as tho traitspi.ntiiie drarna.