CLUES LEAD NOWHERE.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14888, 30 January 1914, Page 7

CLUES LEAD NOWHERE.

AFFAIR LIKELY TO REMAIN A MYSTERY. <By Cablt.—Pr«s« LONDON, January 28. Tho police have cabled to Canadian detectives to meet tho steamer Grampian. A girl friend whom, Reeks mot on board tho Empress of Ireland states that Reeks told her he* had friends at Bournemouth whom ho intended to visit. Tho girl says sho was with him when ho obtained his dollar bills from the purser, who took charge of them during the voyage. Reeks counted the notes openly in the presence of the crowd waiting to leave the, boat, and walked ashore with' tho girl, who took a cab and went home. .The police at Liverpool admit that" their investigation has ended in a stonewall. Although Reeks did not visit London, Scotland Yard is investigating London clues. Tho search for tho real Ramsden haa proved fruitless. ; Tho police state that tho bullate went through Reeks's head, showing that he was in,an upright position when shot. . Reeks met Ramsden first at an hotel, liamsden booked a bedroom for two nights and paid his bill on tho Monday, . saying that ho might return in four days. Reek 6, on leaving, said that neither Ramsden nor himself would return. It has been proved that the. ©migrant aboard tho Grampian is not connected with tho tragedy. Tha doctor who', made the postmortem examination discovered that ■> Reeks's last dinner included pea soup and haricot .beans. Theie were <m tho menus of tho North-Western train dining cars, and tho police are enquiring whether £hey were served on the "Liver-pool-Wolverhampton train, on which wero the suspected confidence tricksters from" tho Manchester races. Tho police watched the tricksters until they . Manchester.