The Reeks Tragedy

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 181, 30 January 1914, Page 5

The Reeks Tragedy

A DETECTIVE'S THEORY. A GIRL'S STORY. POLICE FOLLOWING A CLUE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, January 28. The senior detective at Wolveriiampton opines that Reeks' murderer knew | the shaft, but his knowledge wa« not recent. The brick wall had since :been raised to ten feet owing to several), suicides. The murderer probably persuaded Reeks to alight from the motor car on the pretence that it was a short , cut. After shooting liim he was enable to lift the body over the wall. Tim shaft is flooded for two hundred feet j and it ia practically impossible to

empty it. A gill friend whom Recks met on board the Empress of Ireland states

that Reeks told her he had friends at Bournemouth, whom he intended to visit. She was with him when he ob-

tained his dollar bills from the purser, who took charge of tliern during the voyage. Reeks counted the notes openly in the presence of the crowd who were waiting to leave the boat, and walked ashore with the girl, who took a cab and went home.

The police at Liverpool admit that

tho investigation has ended in a stone wall. Although Reeks did not visit London, Scotland Yard is investigating (London clues. The search for the real Ramsden has been fruitless. Tho police state that the bullets went through Reeks'' head, showing that lie was in an upright position when shot.

Reeks met Ramsden first at an hotel. | Ramsden booked a bedroom for two I nights and paid his bill on Monday, saying he might return in four days. [ Reeks, on leaving, said that neither Ramsden nor himself would return to tea. The police have cabled to Canadian detectives to meet tlie steamer Grampian. Scotland Yard is investigating a due.

A DOCTOR'S DISCOVERY. A POSSIBLE CLUE. London, January 28. The emigrant aboard the Grampian was not connected with the tragedy. A doctor has discovered that Reeks' last dinner included pea soup and haricot beans. These were on the mentis of London and North Western dining cars. The police are enquiring whether they were served on the Liverpool-Wol-verhampton train on which were suspected confidence tricksters from Manchester races. The police watched the tricksters until they quitted Manchester.