MURDERED ACTRESS
WEALTHY DOCTOR’S CRD lE. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) . ' LONDON, Jari. 14; The “Daily Express” states that Dr Knowl.es, who was reprieved, will he brought to England. It is now learned that Knowles went through a form of marriage with Madge Clifton at S'ekondi in 1923. He was earning £3OOO annually with a practice at Ashanti, and . amassed -a considerable fortune. '-The of an appeal to the Privy Council is still under consideration. Madge Clifton, a well-known English actress (formerly one of the “Gibbon girls”) Avas murdered On the Gold •Coast; ’ Doctor Knowles, ’ with whom she had been living, being charged with the crime. The victim’s husband resides in,England, and is stated t'odiave corresponded with his wife almost up till the time of her death, being unaware of her illicit relations with Knowles.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1929, Page 6
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135MURDERED ACTRESS Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1929, Page 6
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