THE MANCHESTER MURDER
SUMMER'S STORY. [By Electric Telegraph—Cjpyrightj [United Press Association.] (Received 9.5 a.m.) London, December 22. Summer asserts that a tail chap with a brown moustache threatened him wirli a innrlinespite and a revolver. The man then struck Miss Bradfield with the marline-spike several times and snatched her satchel and watch. The latter fell as he ran, and Summer picked it up. As tilings looked black, he and Elliott tied up the body and carried it to the canal. They returned and locked up the office and thence went to their homes.
ON REMAND.
(Received 9.20 a.m.)
London, December 22
Sumner was remanded
lie implicated a third man and admitted that he and Eltoff endeavoured to dispose of the body. A school comrade recognised Sumner by bis peculiar gait.
Sumner was unable to show the police his insurance card as evidence of recent employment. He slept soundly in prison on Saturday night, and when he awoke his main concern was as to the result of a football match.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 96, 23 December 1913, Page 5
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