LIVED IN FEAR OF ANOTHER WOMAN

Chronicle (Levin), 12 June 1947, Page 5

LIVED IN FEAR OF ANOTHER WOMAN

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By Telegraph

AUCKLAND, June 11. •The gxotesqu.e jig saw p,uzzle of '.'tfie case of the Oue Tree .Hill murder," is slowly taking shape tent is far from complete. The fievelopments pre being* followed with intsnge publie interest here with widesppead specufiition on ;the motivJ* and mystery of the missing w.eapon. Today & inquiries indicate that Mrs. Ruaden Hved in fear oi another vvoman. This wns known by a woman t'riend to whom Mrs. Rnsden is alleged to have conhded. She was constantjly afraid of another assaplt following' the! attack upon her in February 194(5. "Mrs. Ruaden oft.en spok.e tp me of; her f'ears, " the womap told repprters.. •"She got two anonyinons notes fifefore1 she was attacke.d 16 months ago but, : after that incident she said she was' e.ven more certaip someone me-ant to doj her bodily injury. " j Tlie informant added that Mrs, Rps-' den once told her she was visit.ed one day by a vvoman with whom she had a vertain cohv.er.satiQH. The investigation was described to-! day by a seniox police officer as ( ' hard slogging." He said that despite w.any intervjews it had not ksen possible so far to connect ,any person wifh t,he visft to the Rusden's home on the day of the .crim.e. The.weapon is still missing and it is underst.ood no > inerimiiiating evideiiee sueh as blo.o.d-stained ciothing or other vital clues, have been discovered by the police. Benio r Detective P. Kearpey and Detective Sergeant W. R. Fell today tcfok possession oi further articles that: may prove to be valuable clues in solv-' ing the myster.y. Among a formidable list oi people who have now been interviewed are tradesinen whose business took them to Horotutu Road, all the passengers in the bus which fravelled down the street on the morning oi the nmrder, taxi drivers and bus drivers. Y * l"