A LONDON MYSTERY.
(Received February 13,10.20 a.m.) Loxnox, February 12. Edward John Ellis, a retrenched civil servant from Australia, has been found on the South Eastern Railway line near Spa Road. No ' money was on him. An occupant in the next carriage heard the window smashed and a sound like tlio crunching of gravel. The carnage door was open, but there were no signs of a struggle. When Ellis was found, he had one leg cut off and the foot of the other smashed, besides > injuries to his head, and lie died shortly after. The Coronerconsidered the case was shrouded in mystery, though there was no positive evidenco of violence. An open verdict was returned. The sculling match between Harding anil Sullivan lias been till Saturday owing to the ice in t|A river. \
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4940, 13 February 1895, Page 2
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133A LONDON MYSTERY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4940, 13 February 1895, Page 2
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