FATAL FOOTPRINTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16035, 28 January 1920, Page 5

FATAL FOOTPRINTS.

SEA BEACH MURDER

DETECTIVES ON THE TRAIL

LONDON, January . IS. At the -inquest- concerning the death of Kathleen Breaks, whose body was found on a lonely beach between Blackpool and St. Anne’s-on-Sea with stab wounds in the neck and head, evidence was given that she had boon stunned and the®, ahot while lying on the ground. A revolver that has been found is alleged to have been sold to Frederick Rothwell Holt, a former army officer, who has been charged with the murder, LONDON, January 20. The evidence revealed that Holt and Breaks occupied a room at Bradford aa man and wife. Breaks insured her life on November 28 for TSOOO, and revoked her will, making another bequeathing the insurance and jewellery to Holt.

By remarkable detective work the footprints of the man and woman were traced in the wet sand for miles to tire lonely spot at St. Anne’s-on-Sea, where the body was found. ,Here the path narrowed, and it was impossible for two to walk abreast. , The woman’s footsteps abrutly terminated, and the man’s continued north, making a wide detour and turning back to St. Anne’s-on-Sea, where they were traced to the vicinity of the spot where the was picked up. The boots of Holt and Breaks fitted the impressions made in the sand, and Holt’s room contained a pair of boots covered with wet sand, while a pair of blood-stained gauntlets found on the sands were identified as belonging to Holt.