HISS BRADFIELD'S MURDER.
SUMNER BEFORE THE COURT. COOL AND ALERT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, February 4. Sumner was cool and alert under cross-examination and displayed a marked capacity for amplifying the detail and Explaining every doubtful-paint. Questioned how the murderer was able to inflict terrible injuries while threatening him with a revolver, he suggested that another man was present whom he 'did not see. Witness did not go to the front door to shout for the police, because he was half dead with fright. When Eltoft came he told the story, and decided that the body should be concealed. Witness tfok the head and Eltoft the feet, end they piit it into a »ack. , He <!! 1 n.-t !;nuu who took off the corset?, li-.- di:l imt think they Were horrible ami repulsive .'ctions until afterwards. Eltoft brought a needle and thread and witness stitched the sack. Eltoft, who was perfectly composed, denied that he knew Miss Bradfield was dead, and said that after he had left the Bhop Sumner shouted, "Wait, ih the •treet." Sumner afterwards merged with a handcart, saying it contained a bundle of their own rubbish.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 187, 6 February 1914, Page 5
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189HISS BRADFIELD'S MURDER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 187, 6 February 1914, Page 5
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