UNDETECTED CRIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11093, 2 June 1914, Page 1

UNDETECTED CRIES.

LONDON'S TRAGIC RECORD.

MANY MURDERERS ESCAPE.

The acquittal of John Starch field in the train murder case adds another to tho long list of London's, .unsolved murder mysteries. Failing some lucky clue or a confession.- from the criminal, the murderer of the unfortunate little boy is not. now likely to bo brought to justice. " During the last two decades about .800 murders have been committed in the London district, of which about forty have gone undetected. .'■ considerable increase in the number of undetected crimes is believed to have occurred. The number of/murders committed annually'throughout the country is about 100. In "at least twentylive of tho undetected murders of the past twenty years in the. London district there Mas considerable hue and cry., but. without •an y ucel'ul result. In the country -the number of undetected murders is probably higher than in the metropolis. The further away from the capital the easier is it for the murderer to get through his gruesome business undiscovered. Fortunately for the public's, peace of mind, specialisation in murder is rare, and the professional murderer if. nofr comcion." But when he does materialise he is soon run down, owing to the- tendency of all evildoers to do their work on lines which become stereotyped. An exception is. Jack the Hipper, the most revolting of all professional murderers, who, in the opinion of more than one .bitih' police official, ended his life in the Thame,., and thus e.raped from jll>