THE MAYFAIR MURDER
BISHOP’S CONFESSION. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 10. (Received June 11, 5.5 p.m.) At the inquest on Rix, the murdered butler, a verdict of wilful murder was returned, and the youth Bishop was committed for trial. The evidence disclosed that Rix discharged Bishop, who was boots, in February. The police submitted a statement in which Bishop said he went to the house at one o’clock in the morning for no special reason. He stood outside Rix’s door and thought he was waking, so he “went in and hit him with a chopper. He was good to other servants, but always messing me about.” The Coroner said it was a brutal murder. There seemed to be growing up a new generation of ruthless boys, immoral boys, who thought nothing of taking human life. The moral of this case was, “Always keep the door locked.”
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Southland Times, Issue 19575, 12 June 1925, Page 5
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154THE MAYFAIR MURDER Southland Times, Issue 19575, 12 June 1925, Page 5
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