SEARCH FOR MURDERER OF BOY AND GIRL
LONDON, Julv 27. Three lxuudred men, tirmed with staves aini cutiyels, joinetl the poJice tlns aftenioon in htiiiung in the Sur redwoods, ut'iir GuihH'ord, for Ihe killer oi" niiie yo:u'-oM Le.slie G«iif, who was iound di*:ul yi'Slenluy, wilh liis seven-your-old sBter seriously iujured. The Jutter Mili.setpioiit ly died. l.eslie was sliot i'roni iudiind. The polh e believe Ihe boy may have been ai lempting to defeinl his sister who Mill'eml a lraitured skull aiul i'a-ial injunes. Kileen, nllhougii delirous vvhen loinnl, provided a I'lue. The poiice are Jooking lor a i'aii-haired man, believed tu be about 22 yeurs. The children went for a walk oa 1-Tiday ai'ternoon willi a vvhite whippet dog iianied Snowv. Bearch purue.i .scoured the distrirt vvithout sucre.sn throiigh Fridav niglit. Oue paity o. Girl (iuides irom i neariiv canip i'ouu.l Ihe children yeslerday ailenioou witli the dop Snowy ,si uoluig yuard ovei the giri and the Jead boy. A later massage says tiiat, on the day oi' the attack, a pas.mi- by saw a man drop troiu a tree and talk with the children. The witauss today took the sear-'hers to a very tall oak and showed liiem, higli in Ihe t'oliage, a se.it made ot mterlaced branelies, not the sort of thing children eould have made.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 July 1947, Page 5
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