BOY'S FATAL EXPERIMENT
I.OXJXJX, May (i. Two duys iil'ter discussing the "Liverpool Iiaugcd boy" ca.se with his sister, Alexander Saunter, ageil 1(1, oi Tonbridge, was found dead in his bcdroorn with a rope around his neck. Ti was stated at the inquost that his sister liad expresscd the opinion that the Liverpool boy might possiblv have slipped olf a chair, inl SaviUcr, who was fond of experiuieiitiug with vopes, declared it was impossible, adding: "I'll prove it. Later the boy was found kiteeliug at the side of his bed, his chest against a chair and a slipknotted noose around his neck. The ropc was fastened to the bed rail. The Coroner, in recording a linding of accideutal death, said, "It is qiute likely that tlie boy was experimentuig. and unt'ortunately the experiment went wrong. ' 1
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 May 1946, Page 3
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