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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...
...jury last week wrote finis to Brighton Trunk Murder No. 1, returned a British "open verdict," meaning that that case also is closed...
...Anglers hooked a victory right from under the trunk of the Elephant yesterday afternoon by winning the basketball contest 14-12. In the second game, the Puritan quintet topped the Deacons 15-7. All seven of the Deacon tallies were sunk by Thomas Robinson...
...head and limbs. The eruption appears on the fourth or fifth day after the onset and, except in times of epidemic, the diagnosis is extremely difficult in the pre-eruptive stage. As the eruption appears, the fever is apt to rise. The rash usually begins on the shoulders and trunk, extending to the extremities, the backs of the hands and feet, and sometimes to the palms and soles. It becomes more abundant during the subsequent days, but it is seen very rarely on the face and forehead. It is at first composed of pink spots which disappear on pressure...