Mysterious Death on a Railway
(PEE PEES 3 AB9OCIATION i London, February 11. E<3war<3 John ElHs, a retrenched civil ervant from Australia, was found on the South Eastern Railway line near Spa j * 3oad. He had money on him. The qc ;npant in the next carriagn heard a win- < low smashed and ci sound like (he j ■ranching of gravel. The c.-uriajre door , ;vas open, bin there were no signs of a itru^le. When Ellis was found he had )neleg cut off, and the foot of the other =inasbed, besides injuries to his head, and 3icrl shortly after. The coroner consid ! ared the ease was shrouded in mystery, ; though there was no positive evidence of violence. An open vcjrdict waa returned.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 192, 13 February 1895, Page 2
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121Mysterious Death on a Railway Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 192, 13 February 1895, Page 2
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