WOULD NOT RETURN TO TEA.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1971, 30 January 1914, Page 7

WOULD NOT RETURN TO TEA.

WHAT REEKS SAID WHEN LEAVING HIS HOTEL. WOLVERHAMPTON MURDER. POLICE CLUES. Bj TelcjriDli-PiMi ABicelation-oop.yrlßt< "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, January 28. In connection with tho Wolverhampton murder, tho polico state that the bullets went through Reoks's head, showing that ho was in an upright position when shot.

A Liverpool girl lifts informed the polico that Rocks had showed licr a bundle of notes in the preseneo of many of tho Empress of Ireland's passengers. Ho walked part of tho way home with her.

Recks met Ramsden first at an hotel. Ramsden booked a bedroom for two nights. He paid his hill on the Monday, saying that he fiiight return hi four days.

Upon leaving, he said that, neither Ramsden nor himself would roturn to tea. . • ' .

THE REAL RAMSDEN. FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR HIM, ' London, January 28. Tli6 girl friend whom Reeks Met on tho 6teamei Empress of Ireland states that Recks told her that he had friends at Bournemouth whom lift intended to visit. She was with liinl tvlien lie obtained his dollar bills from the purser, wlio had taken charge of them during the voyage. Reeks counted the notes openly, in the presence of the crowd waiting to leave the boat. Be walked ashore with tho girl, who took a cab and went to her-home.

Tjie polico at Liverpool admit that their investigation ended in a stonewall. Although Reeks did not visit London, the Scotland Yard authorities are investigating London clues, Tho search for the real Ramsden lias proved fruitless,

DETECTIVE'S THEORY. MURDERER KNEW OF THE SHAFT. London* January 28. Tlifi senior;dfitccti\ f i> at, Wolverhampton is of opinion that the murderer knew of the shaft where tire body was found, but that the knowledge was not recent,. The brick wall has since been raised to » height of ten feet, owing to soveral suicides. Ho thinks the murderer persuaded Reeks to alight from the motor-ear on the pretence that there was n short ciit, mid that after shootiirrr Reeks the mnr--deror wns unablo to lift him dter tlie wall. The shaft, is flooded to n depth of 20 feet, and It is practically impossible to empty.

THE GRAMPIAN'S PASSENGER. NOT CONNECTED WITH TRAGEDY. London, January 28. The emigrant on the steamer' Grampian was not connected with tiio tra* fiody. , The doctors liarft discovered 'list ReeksVlast dinner included pen roup and haricot beans. These are on the menus of the North Western Railways .dining-cprs. ■ . The police are .inquiring: as to whether they were served in tho IflVerpoolWolvorhnmptou train in which, suspected confidence men from the MancfcoifWr races travelled. The police watched the confidence men until tlwy quitted Manchester.