THE DIMMOCK MURDER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 2032, 20 December 1907, Page 5

THE DIMMOCK MURDER.

AN UNSOLVED PROBLEM. PRESS COMMENT. ~ ■ Press, Association—Copyright Received Dec. 19, 11.59 p.m, | London, Last Night.; t. Ten thousand; people outside the Old Bailey, acclaimed the acquittal of Robert Wood, a young artist accused of the murder of Emily Dim-; mock at Oamdeh Towh. An alibi; was proved. , Wood testified that'he had lied,, not wishing to be dragged into, the; case, lest his friends should know that he associated with women like Dimmock. Mr Justice Grantham, in summing up said- it was the most remarkable : criminal case of his time. There was no direct evidence against Wood, who had led a double life, was untruthful, and had endeavored to get others to lie for him. He had lied throughout, his conduct giving point to such evidence as there was against him. Received December 20, 7.40 a.na, London, December 19. Newspaper comments on the Wood case are agreed on the utterly squalid aspects of the case. Interest chiefly centred in the methods of detecting criminals. The prosecution in this instance was based on a doubtful identification and there was no suggestion of motive. The Daily Telegraph states that the prosecution offered practically no evidence which was not either adequately rebutted or did not emanate from people whose character was open to grave reproach. The paper adds that another unsolved mystery has been added to London’s disquietingly long list.