THE CANAL MURDER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1953, 9 January 1914, Page 5

THE CANAL MURDER.

: IIIIA;CALLOUS PAE! ; :/f.; ' "FOR TRIAL. ' ■ ■ ;Jj*' : ™««3»pli~PreM'' AESociotion-tioiiyrlsut ■i .' ' : ,; ' ' . - :; : uflndon; January 7. ■-In. connection ■ tho murder of Miss Christina Bradiield; .whose body, bound uj> in a sack, was found in 'a canal at Liverpool \ last mouth, the prosecution at the inquest is calling lultoft, ■ who confessed to wheeling the body to the canal, to testify in the case. Othor evidence suggests that money was the motive of the crime, and that there- was an intriguo between Miss Brndficld and Sumner, the man who was arrested <m suspicion. ■ "■ A verdict of wilful murder against both men (Eltoffc and Sumner) was re-. turned. ■.(Roe. January 8, 10.20 p.m.) ;.-'■;.•. London, January 8. ■■. LltmVwas in tho witness-box for an hour and a half, and with remarkable self-possession declared that lie had boon outside the shop wjien the murder was committed, and believed Swmnor, when the latter told him that tho sack contained rubbish. Sumner lifted tho sack on to the cart,, pud dragged it to tho Canal. ■ Ho saw no third person in the shop. ■ Misa Br.tdfield, tho victim of the Liverpool canal murder, was the manageress of her mother's tarpaulin works, and was ■ accustomed to wait at the office until closing. Two young packers on the night i of the tragedy also remained. Ono was > arrested, but tho other, George Sumner, if was missing. The murderers thrust her [ body into a- sack and wheek'd it in a . hand-cart thr«c-quartors of a jnile through crowded streets to the canal. Dosnito tho fact that it was weighted with two iron bars, tho sack floated, and the My "became jammed in .tho lock gates, otherwise it would probably have been swept out to sea. A considerable amount of money wag missinjr. Samuel liltoi'r, a. packer, oonfosred that he wheeled Miss Bradfiold's body to the canal. Sumner was arrested, on December L'i in a LiverI pool lodgiuglioviso, where Sumiwr hud resided since the murder, Ho had disguised himself by shaving a distinctive ' eyebrow, wearing spectacles, and by other s devices. He frequently walked- the 3 streets, where a former schoolmate recog--1 ttised and denounced him. An Australian 2 living in (he fame house saw Sumner reading the newspapers and examining ' his own. photograph, Nobody suspected his identity owing to his coolness ami nonekalahec. t Ho' Joined in tho conversation concerning the murder.