SENTENCE OF DEATH SATISFIES PUBLIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 341, 30 April 1928, Page 9

SENTENCE OF DEATH SATISFIES PUBLIC

GUTTERIDGE MURDER “WANTONLY INHUMAN DEED' 'United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian Press Association) LONDON, Saturday. The Old Bailey has seldom staged a more dramatic scene than the closing stages of the Gutteridge murder trial, such as have never been seen in a British criminal court. The public followed with eager interest the long chapter of slow-moving events which proved a triumph for Scotland Yard. From the very first the savage brutality of the murder aroused indignation. The characters of the murderers, who revealed themselves as enemies of society, afforded a psychological study of the perverted types of humanity. Browne possesses qualities that woifid have fitted him for highly-useful citizenship. Mis inventive mind is shown by several mechanical devices of his own construction. His amazing strength gave power and confidence to his criminal activities.

Scotland Yard has given a reassuring proof of its pertinacity, courage, and competence in scientific attainments. The manner in which the detectives gathered the clues is nothing short of a masterpiece, and without example in the most sensational detective fiction. It will rank as the most brilliant achievement in detective history. Everywhere the death sentences are hailed with a unanimity never before displayed in connection with a sensational trial. The “Daily Express” says: “There will be universal satis faction at the verdict. It was a wantonly inhuman crime, which only men who were prepared to slay anything in their path would have committed.”