Ghastly Discovery

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 23, 5 August 1886, Page 2

Ghastly Discovery

Mkiaoubxb, July 27. , ■ — A-ningolar mystery, known &a the Mary rale mystery, it beintr investigated by the Viotoriah' j>olic». In 1874"* ;m*n narawT liobert Cook left <M aunt Ganvbiex fox; 'Hornham, 'together -with?; hi* f fife ; ajßdf ;?Mld*c»n4 ohnwnft v a^j|pi^:a ? a'.cari;^v were never si»en, nor could. Atiy r trace b# found of thnn »Ht« or .l-atl'«inlir about ago, when two •keletom were fotrnd in the litt«h' Wear M'aryfale. ■ Ttio«e. were prorfd* to he the rexuiinn of Mri 'Cook! and/tlicr [child/,, jTheyjwferg} 00, vieir»d; jmithjiome light split tiuiber. and their .appearanop. led. to, the-.belicf that t^mother and child had been ni ordered: Nothing further erentuateJ unul the 9th of the present month, when the «k<»l*ton« of a qian aojd 'a dof were found within a few yardi of Where the other bodie* wer* ditcorered tw« yearn before, and these werer.afcio, cow»re<i br timber. , Thej we*e ir^naVtwo^fiioi^ij ftmwSs A medical exammitibn v »f tbe'iknlrMf the man showed that it ha<i be^n driren Jh; by, aft axe (or tom«Ji«l»k behind the right ear. From •ridence given at the inquest by a witness who knew Cook weir if appears that the remains are not his. He was sft Sin in height, with > very > dirk hair,^ whilst • : the nirtoilidiS •tfre^hosejof.a n>an »f sft 7in thigh, and with fair haii:. .• The remainf , of moleskin troQiers were.feund w,tth the skeleton and, a pipe, whilst the witness who knew oook declared he nerer wore' mblt. kin trdbsert; nor had he ever seen him smoking. The «ketetbns>wer» found within 100 yards of the main road. Great interest is taken in the ease, as it is thouht that; the ro r mains nifay W thoW of a person 'kitown 1 tQ^hare been intimate with Cook. The police. stated that they were making inquiries! in America concerning Cook, and the inquest has been adjourned for two months. . i