DOUBLE MURDER.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20359, 17 July 1934, Page 1

DOUBLE MURDER.

Big Man-Hunt Throughout England. ANOTHER BODY IN TRUNK. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Gopyrigh t. LONDON, July 15. Tony Mancini, alias Cecil ,England, alias jack Noytre, aged twenty-eight, is wanted by the police. a cast in one eye, stutters badly, and is kpown in West End cafes. He is soyght in connection with the most gruesome double murder for years. Two women’s bodies have been found in trunks and their murderer has escaped. To-night, in a boarding-house at Brighton, the police found the remains of a second womanyr!\i*olette Kay, a professional dancer, aiged forty-two. Her murder is definitely Jinked with that of the other woman.Ltidiose body was found in a trunk on Jifne. J 9. The “Daily Mail”ustatesjbtifnt the police discovered in the sagoisriDom a bloodstained hammer and'tefojjl&tained clothing in newspapers absi sJvarious parcels in the suitcase. Signs of violence were everywhere evident. The police had circulated a description of a man who recently boarded at the house in which the second trunk was discovered and who did not return there yesterday. The history of the crime is one of the most peculiar in the. criminal records. The police during the month visited almost every apartment in Brighton. The owners of the Kemp Street, house, Mr and Mrs Barnard, recently decided to have the house repainted; The painter detected an unpleasant smell and communicated with the policy, }vho for several dayfe kept watch, a vain, '’nightlong vigil last flight! It is thought that the man was aware that the house was being watched and did not return. The police discovered letters and correspondence which may provide valuable clues. They believe that Violet te Kaye died first and that the unidentified woman, knowing the manner of Violette Kaye’s death, may have paid the penalty of her knowledge. (Continued on Page 7.)