SHOREDITCH TRAGEDY.
' STARGHFIELD ON, TRIAL. By Teleeraph—Proso Association—Oopyrljlit London, February 3. John Starchfiold was charged at tbe Old Street Police' Court with the murder of his son. The prosecution stated that the body of tho boy lay under the Eeat for three journeys, between Chalk Farm and Broad Street, and had not been discovered for two hours. Cairo found in tho stomach had been eaten half au hour before death. This is important, as.a-Mrs. Wood stated last month that she.saw a boy,munching a similar cake.
Recently a seven-year-old boy was found strangled under the seat of a railway carriage at Shoreditch, and was identified us William, son. of John Starchfidld. a newsvendor, who heroically captured Stephen Titus, on September 27, 1912, when the latter was wanted on a charge of murder. '
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1976, 5 February 1914, Page 5
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131SHOREDITCH TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1976, 5 February 1914, Page 5
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