Brutal And Baffling Murder In Sydney

Chronicle (Levin), 2 October 1948, Page 5

Brutal And Baffling Murder In Sydney

Received Friday, 7.25 p.m. SYDNEY, October 1. • The brutal stabbing of a wealthy automotive eiigineer, Charles Louis le Gallien, h'as .presented detectivfeS with one of the most ba'ffling murd'br investigations for many years. Though they worked continuously since the discovery of the body early this niorhing the police* discovered neither a motiVe for the killing nor a clue tb the identity of the killer. ■ - , Le Gallien, who was living apart from his wife and four soiiS} tblei phoned a fornier employee, Miss Betty de Gtoen, who lived With her mbt'her in a Nbrth Sydiiey flat. He said he was still at his office aha asked if she had phoned hecause he ahswered a ring a'nd nbhody repli'ed. When she said she had hot he told her to call him "back in ten itlinittes. When she did he asked her to ring again in another ten minutes. This was repeated about six tibies. Eventually he said: "If you don't hear from me within ten niinut'es ring the police." When she called again nobody answered and she then contacted the North Sydney police. The- police found that le Gallien had been stabbed six times in the neck, thigh, head and heart. They believe that the killer first rang le Gallien to ascertain whether he was at his office and that he was sufficiently well -known to be ailowed to enter without question.