LE TOUQUET MURDER.

Wairarapa Age, 23 May 1928, Page 5

LE TOUQUET MURDER.

LARGE REWARD OFFERED LONDON, May'2l. The late Mrs. Wilson, who was murdered near Le Touquet, France, was a daughter of the late Charles Cammell, of Messrs Cammell and Laird, of which firm Mr. Wilson was himself a director, being a son of Mr. George Wilson, who is chairman of Cammell's. Mr. Wilson announces a large feward for anyone bringing his wife’s murderer to justice. —(Australian Press Association). POLICE CLUES SEARCH FOR ENGLISHMAN PARIS, May 21. As the outcome of, an important statement obtained from a resident who says that he saw a man running into the bushes at the scene of the murder of Mrs. Wilson the police are searching for an Englishman of whom there is a detailed description. It is believed that Vandre has established his innocence and may be released to-day. Mr. Wilson was formerly managing director of an iron and steel company in Cumberland. Mrs. Wilson, before marriage, lived in Wiltshire, and was well known in West Cumberland as a huntswoman. The police are now of opinion that the murder of Mrs Wilson may not be a mere brutal crime, but the climax of an encounter with a personal enemy. They are searching for a man in a grey raincoat seen near the brushwood at the time of the murder.— (Australian Press Association—United Service.). WEAPON FOUND (Received Tuesday, 8 p.m.) PARIS, May 22. A muffler and also an ordinary hornhandled labourer’s knife have been found. The latter is believed to be the weapon used by the murderer of Mrs. Wilson. (Australian Press Association).