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...Then there was Smith, "the Brides-of-the-Bath Bluebeard." To prove how easy it was for Smith to drown his brides in his tub without a struggle, did not Sir Bernard Spilsbury all but perform that feat himself?* Ever since the discovery last summer of Brighton Trunk Murder No. 1 (TIME, July 2) and Brighton Trunk Murder No. 2, most of His Majesty's subjects have been sure that Sir Bernard Spilsbury would enable Scotland Yard to solve both mysteries. Last week came the big surprise...
...pert newshawk but Scotland Yard itself numbered the Brighton murders in an official announcement after the second was discovered: "In order to prevent confusion and loss of public interest in the original Brighton trunk crime, it seems necessary, in view of what has appeared in one or more London daily papers, that the public should be definitely informed that the head and arms in the original Brighton trunk crime have not been discovered. . . . Again, as a means of preventing confusion, perhaps the original Brighton trunk crime should be Brighton Trunk Crime No. 1 and the discovery on July...
Thus far Mr. Offord has found no takers. With chagrin Sir Bernard and Scotland Yard's smartest inspectors told a Brighton Coroner's Jury last week that, as for Corpse No. 1, they have not been able to determine how, when or where she met Death, or who she was. As for Corpse No. 2, the acquittal of the Dancing Waiter has left Scotland Yard with no candidate for the murderer of Violette Kaye. Said imperturbable Sir Bernard Spilsbury, frankly baffled, "I find myself unable to reach any conclusion...
...must to all women, Death came last week to May Etheridge, 42, former Duchess of Leinster. Her grace vanished, her beauty gone. Her Former Grace was found sprawled across a bed in Brighton with a bottle of poison by her side. Since 1930 she had been living on $25 a week provided by the Duke's family with the understanding that she would not return to the stage and would make no effort to see her son. the present Marquess of Kildare and heir to the Dukedom...
...managing editor of the American Magazine suddenly, of congestion of the liver; in Manhattan. Unidentified for five days, his body lay in the city morgue while police and relatives searched for him. Died. May Etheridge, 42, divorced wife of the Duke of Leinster; by her own hand (poison); in Brighton, England...