THE FRENCH MURDER
VICTIM IDENTIFIED BODY TIED IN PETROL SOAKED SACK Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright PARIS, February 29. (Received March 1, at 12.10 p.m.) The man murdered at Melun has been identified as a young traveller named Gaston who had been missing for two days. He was in possession of jewels and precious stones worth £5,000. His head was horribly battered, presumably by motor bandits, Who tied the body up in a petrol-soaked sack, to which they set fire. , The clue was supplied by a butcher boy who saw a motor car discarding blood-stained tins.
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Evening Star, Issue 19804, 1 March 1928, Page 5
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95THE FRENCH MURDER Evening Star, Issue 19804, 1 March 1928, Page 5
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