MURDER CASE DEEPENS

Chronicle (Levin), 10 June 1947, Page 5

MURDER CASE DEEPENS

-Press A.ssoc-'Jatioii

W«na» S«^rt By Detectives Found SenFGonscious

By Telegraph

. AUUitUANH, Juire Detectives wfio -have been investigat'iaag' the murder on ThurSday of Mrs. 'Cf'lia'dys llutli Husdeti. today found tbe woman whom they wiish'ed to dntervieW, at ixer. ho'nse in NeWto'n Jioad, 'bl'e'ediug profnseiy -from a nnmPer of cuts on her arms -and legs. ■ She is Mrs'i "Ransy Louise Frances Frost who . li ves in a portion of -a DWO-uniu house at Newton Road. Mrs. ■ Frost was rushed to the Auckland hospital in an ambntafiee hut in spite of "a heavy loss of Dl'OOd, Iher condftiOh is not regarded 'as 'SeriouS. AccOlmpanied lby her solicitOr and GOnstable -M. Rarker, of the Womcn's divisioln, the police left the cehti&Il police station for her home ih a patr-ol Car abOut 3 o'clock, On their arrival -at her house they found her lying in a semi-cohscions cohdition -on the Hoor of the wash•hoUse with her head near the oopper. Detectives took possession of a btoodcovered safety razor hlade, a sm-al'l dri'nkhig. giass and a bottle of yellow Capsules. It is believed -Mrs. Frost had been ih the 'washhouse sinee 'about noon. Mysterious Letters ' -At least two mysterious letters, stated to have been -received by Mts. Rusden, are in the possession of the police. A former neighbour of the dead woman told a reportfcr that she -shOwe'd him these letters, which -were not bf a threatening nature, but were couched 'in veiled and mysterious ternis. He said thkt Mrs. Rusden was perturbed by the lettfers. Accorddng to; Mrs. Rusden they Were hot delivered through the post. It was Mrs. Rusde'n's ■opinion that they were written by a woman-. 'One strong line of inquiry conceths" the theory that some person Was feribed to do violence to Mrs., Rusden. As the mystery surrounding themurder deepens, the police are cofi-, tlhuing -investigations with ufiabated vigour. Detectives due to take their an'n'tial leave this week have had their holidays cancelled.;