A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.
AN ATHLETE'S DISAPPEARANCE*
Received February 1, 1).:>;3 p.m. By Telegraph. Association.- OopyrmlU London, Tuesday. Hunslet villagers are incensed owing to having mad.i three weeks' indefatigable search for Knight, who was a popular crickoU:-', footballer and boxer. Latterly he tiealod hia wife violently, and behaved queorly. On Januarv 18th he compelled his wife to accompany him to l!ridlitigtou, and from there tramped ;,ix milcni in mud and fog to a dangerous elih'. He told her ho intended to disappear and carefully prepared the r.ceno, leaving an umbrella and a camera on the elifl. He then departed a iter instructing his wife to go to the iieiin-nt farmhuuse, and say she buiv him fall over thocliir. IliH wife was unaware of Knight's inton-.io:i:i, hut was simply terrorised. She did not know of his relations with a school teacher. It is believed Knight ami a ochool teacher sailed in the Hallarat under assumed names. /•»nnul;i•lm™*.™"-•'-"-"' ,, ™ ,m "' , ™™ THE TREVANION CASE. - —-<► EVIDENCE OL' 1 NUUSE. OvTolcsnu.h,- ]>»■«.■».-■A.snrialinn.O.p.vriKUt. Received February r., l(>.r>ba.m. Loodmi. Tuesday. At the Trcvanion inquest Nurse Rice testified that llo<: arranged with Dr Haines to take charge of Trovanion at a fee of XJOOOpor annum. Dr Baines told her he would give evidence in favour of Kee. To help him got money lior told Mi" Joyner the family lawyerM seated l.< ti'-t bold of witness, who, Im said, wae a woman fifty pounds would buy any day.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 539, 5 February 1913, Page 5
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237A STRANGE OCCURRENCE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 539, 5 February 1913, Page 5
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