MYSTERY CLEARED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 24, 29 September 1913, Page 5

MYSTERY CLEARED

LYFORD RETURNS HOME. ' I BUT IS UNABLE TO SPEAK. The mystery regarding the disap-, pearance of Edward Lyford from the i farm of his uncle, Mr T. Lyford, on i East Road, was to an extent cleared up on Sunday morning, when Lyford returned home. It appears that ho slept with his cousin in a room next to the dining-j room. On Thursday evening he let t) the dining-room, leaving “the rest of j the family at tea, and was heard to i move about and then go out. Shortly | afterwards Mr Lyford’s son went into the bedroom in his stockings in the dark and put his foot in something sticky, which, on investigation, prov-, ed to be blood. He at once search-1 ed the neighbourhood for his cousin, but did not tell his parents anything j because Mrs Lyford’s health was not good, and he desired to save her any further worry. However, ho kepti up the search until 2.30 a.m. The police were communicated with, andj Constable McGowan spent Friday af-j ternoon in searching the vicinity, with-j out avail, and all Saturday he andj Sergeant McXeely went over a large, extent of rough country, but still with! no better result. |

Early on Sunday morning the missing man was found by Miss Lyford sitting in the hay* shed on the farm with his hands pressed against his neck and with a great quantity of blood on his clothes. He was brought in to the hospital, where it was found that his windpipe was cut. The cut had been made with some sharp instrument, but no such instrument wasi found anywhere.