SEASIDE TRAGEDY.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1924, Page 5

SEASIDE TRAGEDY.

THE SUSPECT CHARGED. DENIAL OF GUILT. DETAILS OF THE VICTIM. PRETTY OUTDOOR GIRL. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 7, 5.5 p.m. London, May 6. Events are moving rapidly in connection with the Eastbourne bungalow mystery. Detectives this evening took Mahon to Eastbourne, where they made definite charge. He was remanded to Hailsham, where the inquest on Miss Kaye opens to-morrow. Mahon entered the dock, and when charged replied: “I have already made a statement which clearly shows I was not the murderer.” It is now revealed that Emily Kaye, the murdered girl, lived in Manchester until two years ago. She was a capable shorthand writer and typiste employed by Messrs. Beith, Stevenson and Co., accountants, where she was private secretary to Mr. Donald Beith. Miss Kaye was the typical, pretty, outdoor girl,, a keen lawn tennis and hockey player. Later she came to London and was employed by two city firms. It was when employed by Robertson, Hill and Co., accountants, that she first met Mahon, who was general manager of the Soda Fountain Company. The girl wrote to Mrs. Beilby at the beginning of April. The police say the victim, who was 28 years old, had been living at a women’s club in West London. She was identified by means of a skirt found in the bungalow. Her club mates say that Kaye was a pretty, sweet-natured girl, wildljr happy over her prospective marriage. She was never visited by men. Tennis was her chief hoibby.

A motor driver and other people at Eastbourne are emphatic that there was a second dark woman, whose soubriquet was “the countess.” Mahon’s mother lives in Liverpool. Mahon had been living with his wife and daughter at Richmond. He is an Irishman, a well-known member of the Mid-Surrey Bowling Club. He was playing at the club on Thursday. He was in unusually good spirits and seemed very happy. PIECING CRIME TOGETHER. POLICE EVOLVE A THEORY. Received May 7, 5.5 p.m. London, May 7. The police have discovered nearly all the bones of Miss Kaye’s head, and have also evolved a definite theory as to how she met her death.