THE CROWBOROUGH CRIME.
TRIAL OF THORNE PROCEEDS. SUICIDE THEORY AS DEFENCE. (Received Sunday 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 14.—At the resumption of the trial, Thorne gave evidence that Elsie Cameron wanted to make immediate arrangements for their marriage. He told her this was impossible and she seemed partly hysterical and cried several times. He left her in the hut when he went to meet Miss Caldieoit. When ho returned at 11.45 p.m, he found Miss Cameron suspended from a beam with a slipknot at the back of her head. Her feet were touchiiig the floor. He cut the cord and the girl’s face struck a suitcase while he was carrying her to his bed.
He thought she was dead and lost his head and cut up the body. Sir Felix Cassel, K.C., the ■ defending counsel, declared that microscopical slides of the skin on Miss Cameron’s neck indicated crushing consistent with the pressure of the rope. The defence contended that these slides proved Thorne’s case. The hearing was adjourned.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 16 March 1925, Page 5
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