AN ENFIELD RECLUSE
IDEAID liX| HOUSE THREE WEEK'S
Ptolic who forced an entirance to 52 Park Avenue, E|ak>'h-hi!l Park, last month, found Margaret McCoy, who had Hived thlslr/e; for several years, lying deatfl at tine Ifoot of the istairs.
Deceased had lived the (life of a recilujse, and 'seldom wien't ou|t of hie,r house, w|hich is a large residence in one of the 'best parts of Enfield. had nolt seisin hielr about for several week's, and it was upon the'ilr information that the police entered the ip!lade. It is .btelieved that lithe woman had| been 'dtead thlree weeks The woman is said tto liave heWn a retired .sdhoolmistresfs, hut very little is known ahout her in Enfield, anU difficulty is being experiended in tracing h'sir relatives.
IWhen the .police emtered tlhta house they found a string of tins hanging across; the fronlt door. They had apparently heen put (ulp as an alliarm signal, an a|tt!smpt having ibe"en made some time ago to hurgle the house.
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Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1926, 26 October 1926, Page 3
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165AN ENFIELD RECLUSE Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1926, 26 October 1926, Page 3
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