“Murderers’ Party."
LATEST IN MAYFAIR. “I am giving a ‘MUrderersi’ Party’ .tomorrow night. Do cpane along. Lots of well-known people a,re cpming as famous criminals.” This w'as the bright invitation received the; other morninjg from a London hostess. From it one gathered that she was giving a party at which everybody was to make up to represent some notorious sjlayter. There was only one stipulation. Thq murderer must ha,ve been dead at least 25 years. Tire thought of seeing a famous politician bloodlthirstily arlayeifas Jack the Ripper appealed to the peculiar s,e>nse of. humour of the guests. The butler looked! as horrified as he dared, a.nd the lounge resenibled a chamber of horrpirs. There was a prominent actor looking, like a murderous thug. He was supposed to re-> present Burke, one of the evil dluo whose crimes horrified the country 100 years ago. Another maw was g°t up to represent Williaim Corder, of the murder of the Reyl Bam farm- Every famous murderer and* murderess of the past, was represented l . One woman guest was removed i.n 'hysterics, and others went and read Edgar Allan Poe for light relief.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5403, 22 March 1929, Page 1
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189“Murderers’ Party." Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5403, 22 March 1929, Page 1
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