POLICE BAFFLED

Southland Times, Issue 21895, 22 December 1932, Page 11

POLICE BAFFLED

SYDNEY MURDER MYSTERIES. WOMEN DONE TO DEATH. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Sydney, December 21. A reward of £250 in each case has been offered for information concerning May Miller, who was found foully murdered in Queen’s Park, Waverley, on December 10, and Bessie O’Connor, aged 16, who was found fatally battered in the National Park on December 15. The police are baffled. It is suggested that the crimes were the work of the same person, who was concerned in the Hilda White outrage last August. A striking similarity is that all the bodies were found in a state of nudity. The body of a nude woman, who was identified as May Miller, aged 30, was discovered in Queen's Park, Waverley, on December 10. The head was terribly battered with a sharp instrument. The police were of the opinion that the woman was foully murdered elsewhere, and that the body was taken to the park overnight. On September 25 the city coroner inquired into the death of Hilda White, aged 32, a New Zealander, who was found strangled in Centennial Park on July 27. The medical evidence was to the effect that Miss White was incapable of earning her own living owing to physical disability. She was seen talking with a man after the pictures the night before her death. The coroner returned a verdict of murder against some person unknown.