SYDNEY MAN BRUTALLY STABBED IN OWN OFFICE

Grey River Argus, 2 October 1948, Page 4

SYDNEY MAN BRUTALLY STABBED IN OWN OFFICE

Baffling Mystery for Police

(Rec 10.0) SYDNEY, October 1. The brutal stabbing of a wealthy automotive engineer, Charles Louis Le Gallien, has presented the detectives with one of the most baffling murder investigations for many years. Though they have worked continuouslv since the discovery of the body, early this morning, the police have discovered neither a motive for the killing 'nor a clue as to the identity of the killer. Le Gallien, who was living apart from his wife and four sons, telephoned a former employee, Miss Betty de Groen, who lives with her mother in a North Sydney flat. He said he was still at the office, and asked her whether she had phoned because he had answered a ring and nobody had replied. When she said she had not, he told her ta call him bacS in 10 minutes. When she did, he asked her to ring her in another 10 minutes. This was repeated about six times. Eventually he said: “If you don’t hear from me within 10 minutes, ring the police.” When she called again, nobody answered and she then contacted the North Sydney Police. The police found that Le Gallien had been stabbed six times in the neck, thigh, head and heart. They believe that the killer first rang Le Gallien to ascertain whether he was at the office, and that he was sufficiently well-known to be allowed to enter without Question.