THE TRUNK MURDER
j CULPRIT KNOWN BUT NO PROOF AVAILABLE United Press Association— Bv Electric Telegraph —Copvrleht (Received October 31. 7.20 p.m.) LONDON, October 30. Chief Inspector Bowden, who was concerned in the investigation of the trunk murder retired to-day. He says the identity of the murderer is known but there is insufficient evidence for his arrest. Chief Inspector Bowden told “The Daily Mail” that, although facts defini itely point to a Londoner whose car | was seen at Brighton on the day the ; trunk was deposited at the station. ! the identity of the victim, the locality I of the crime and even the manner of I death has not been discovered. A cheap brown fibre trunk left at the Brighton railway station was openj ed by officials on June 18 and found to j contain the body of a female lacking the head and limbs. Later a suitcase was found at King’s Cross station which contained a woman’s head and J feet, believed to belong to the same J person. The Brighton trunk was de- ! posited on June 6 and the King’s Cross j suitcase on the next day.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19945, 1 November 1934, Page 14
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189THE TRUNK MURDER Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19945, 1 November 1934, Page 14
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