British and Foreign

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 January 1914, Page 3

British and Foreign

« KLECTKIC TELEGEAi'H —COPYfI IGIIT. [ri'.n JfFvESS ASSOCIATION.! (lieoeived This Day, ti.'M a.m.) THE KEEKS MYSTEItr. London, January ~ : .!. The newspapers cuuiiuiu , to give prominence lo the Reeks mystery. The Staiiordshire police state that lteeks travelled from Canada under an assumed name. Deceased shoes were so scratched us to suggest that the body had been dragged io the pit by the overcoat, and the police art; coming to the conclusion that the (..rime was not the work of a single person. It is suggested that bloodhounds be used to trace the murderers. The cartridge cases found near the body are of an old pattern, and had been filed to fit a modern weapon. The expects say ft hat the cartridges were made abroad. The police are searching for iieeks's companion, T. 11. liunisden, of Chicago. They appeared to be close friends. Ramsden. apparently went to Leeds on Monday, lieeks said good-bye to him at the railway station. HEAVY FINES. Pretoria, .January 2-' i. Miles, printer of the Strike Herald, was fined £25 or one month's imprisonment, and three others £20, or three weeks' imprisonment, while the fifth man was acquitted.