MURDER IN A FLAT.

Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15867, 13 December 1923, Page 5

MURDER IN A FLAT.

INQUEST ON MRS BAILEY.

FUTfLE HUNT FOR THE HUSBAND.

SOME MYSTERIOUS LETTERS. (Australian and N.Z. Oable AssnA Reedvcd December 13, 9.35 a.m. LONDON, December 12. The. Coroner's jury returned a verdict that Major Bailey killed his wife. The evidence showed that the couple had lived for two years in the happiest circumstances, and no motive for the murder was disclosed. The hunt for the Major continues, but an army of detectives, assisted by Boy Scouts, has thus far failed to find a clue, though several mysterious letters have been received through the post by the Coroner and others purporting to be from Bailey, affirming that his wife was "the dearest treasure," and that his head was in a whirl when he killed her. It is believed that the Major commifted suicide in the Thames or in a lonely wood.

During the war he was recommended for the Victoria Cross for a machine gun action, in which he "was the only survivor of the team.

A previous message slated that Mrs Marjorie Bailey (formerly telegraphed as Karley), wife of an ex-major of machine-gunners', was found dead in a flat at Hove. She had been shot and then stabbed. A note found on the body alleged to have been written by her husband, read: "This isn't done from jealousy or cowardice, but love. Look for me on the seashore." The husband cannot be traced. No motive for the crime can be suggested.