THE MODERN BLUEBEARD.
CHARGED WITH DROWNING WIVES. nr electric telegraph.—copyright. (Received June 24, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON. Jnno 23. At tho trial of Smith, who is charged with having drowned tho last three of his six wives, at tho Old Bailey, Mr. Bodkin, for the prosecution, said there is a simple and terribly effective way of drowning a person in a bath. If someone lilted the legs tho trunk of tho body would slide down tho sloping part and there is almost immediate unconsciousness and a rapid and silent death. Mundy’s legs were found against tho top of tho bath. She was oft. Sin. in height, while tho hath was 3ft. Biu. along the bottom and oft. along the top.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144714, 24 June 1915, Page 7
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119THE MODERN BLUEBEARD. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144714, 24 June 1915, Page 7
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