MYSTERY AT NICE.
MATERIALS FOR DETECTIVE STORY. (BT CABLE —PBESS ASSOCIATION —COPIEIUHT) (EBUTEB'S TELZGBAHS.) PARES, November 11. A curious series of tragedies at Nice suggests the elements of a first-rate detective story.
First, an unidentified body was recovered from the sea on Friday. Death was due to burning, but the victim's clothes were without a trace of flames. So it is evident the body wsb dressed after death. Later, tho naked body of a young Italian waiter, named Millo, was picked up at sea, and a derelict sailing boat found nearby. Lastly, a ripped portmanteau was found iiear the first body. It contained several photographs spotted with blood. Ono of tli© photographs represented a group of three women;
The police are now trying to link up tho dead bodies, the boat, tho portmanteau and the photographer.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 11
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