Young Boy Strangled

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 January 1914, Page 4

Young Boy Strangled

« ({Sydney Sun. London, January 10. Tlie police are completely baffled l>y the murder of a boy whoso body was found glider a seat in a railway carriage vat Shorediteh yesterday. The victim was William Starchiielil, aged 0 years, who lived with his mother at Tottenham Court road. He was sent on a message at midday on Thursday, and (jailed at a stationer's shop 200 yards from his home. After that he mysteriously disappeared. 1 Lis body was found with a Urn blue line round the throat. 'ihe elrild had evidently been strungled by means of a cord. The mystery is deeped bv the fact that the.longest run between stations to Shorditeii is only three minutes, and the police doubt if the murderer would be able in that lime to do his work and escape. The guard of the train thinks that the murder may have been eommitted in a lavatory at 'Shnrcditeh station and the 'bod ( \ then carried into the train. He would run little risk of being noticed as the platform was deserted. , The detectives interrogated Air Starch field, the father of the boy who lives apart from'his wjfe -n a lodging house in Convent Garden. lie was taken to Bowsi reel. but satisfactorily answered questions as to his movements alter I lie hoy disappeared. A* he was released Inspector Gough said to him: "If you can lind out anvthiim', or give us a theory we will he glad it you will enlighten us. ' . A peculiar feature of the mysIcry is that the boy was lost from Koine on two previous occasions.