The Brussels Post, 1961-03-02, Page 2Matchstick Hangs
Brptal Killer
In May, 1927, an attendant at
catering Cross station left lug.
gage office vomplained b:ttetly
about the .awful smell coming
from the corner cf the doper%
anent
-v FnUy e traced, the stench,
tot an old-fasbioned trenk. lie
prised it open, and, inside was a
wornan's boclee cut up into five
pieces. With the help of seienee.
thes killer was finally brought
to jute. e f‘ 4
The police constable who was
called to the station would not
allow the remaios to be „removed
urittilepOli*"snikeon
fled the woman was dead.
It was a aeientifie miracle
whitsheeentejelua Robinson to the
gallows M 1927, With a cut-up
body in a trunk there was a
pieta' Of brown paper, a duster
and a dirty piece of undereloths
leg. Front that unpromielea
ginning the scientists gut to work
with their ray lamps.
From a completely blank piece.
of paper, metal, or cloth, after
treatment by acid, all sorts of
marks can be read under the lay
lame „etehleh
are ciliate, ateyieible
to the naked eye.
Sir Bernard Spilsbury, wh
was trying to identity the re
mains. had, a most rnpleasant
taslarried'oatiPasittan was advanc-
ed, but the mirrcles of medicine
were soon at work `and he was
able to state with confidence that
Gay, Cozy, 1,asyl..
esee
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death had resulted from strange,.
lation. It leolted a pretty clear
cut case Of murder.
Then the infra -red and ultra-
violet ray la rn p s predueed
identifiable laundry marks, They
in turn soon led to the identifi-
cation of the reMains at; a wo•
man ablawn as Minnie Donati,
the wife of an Italian wait':
She was, to say the Lit.
promiscuous woman, having liv-
ed with a number of other men
in the previous year or two.
The body identified, it was
now a question of finding the
pascal' reeponsihte. Onee again
science helped. But thi Le:se.
which became known as the
Charing ceoss Trunke. Murder,
was famous for the brilliant
detective work that took place.
Two of the junior officers con-
cerned ultimately rdse to tin
head of their profession. Hugh
Young was to become Head ot
the C.I.D. at the Yard, and Len
Burt, Head of the Special
Baes:eh. Then they were both
seraaants.
In the Charing Cross murder
the eaientlfie and detective in-
vestigation was brilliant. But in
spite cf that it is doubtful whe-
ther the police would have hen
•suceeseful hi tracing 'the Mute
d: rer without a lucky break.
A shoe-eltiner outside Charing
Crosti station had picket up a :
lett luggage tiaras. Thie was arson
identified as belonging to the
evil smelling trunk, and before
long the shoe -shiner wes able to I
identify the taxi which had
brotestit.. the efatal trunk to the .
station,
driver of the taxi was
able to take the story a step
farther. He was able to remem-
ber that he had taken a fare to
Rochester Row police-station:tin
the afternoon of May 6th. He
had dropped his passenger and
had immediatelytheen hailed by
a "-fare from 'an °thee opposite
the police station.
Be had struggled to help this
fare with a large, black, heavy
'trunk and. driven him. to Charing
Cross station. He identified the
trunk, which was found to have
been sold to an unidentified man
two days :before.
An investigation of the prem.
iseeashewed that one set of offices
,was noty empty. They had been
occupied by Mee:Robinson who,
whatelikevas interviewed, denied
everything. Nor was he identi-
fied by anybody.
The police returned to the of-
fices an& again they weregucky.
At the bottom of an old waste-
paper basket te'y found a blood-
stained match. This was a vital
clue the s police aiedeheen seek-
ing. It made Robinson •the main
euspect. Then the duster found
in the frunk Wrapped round the
dead woman was traced to a
public house in Fulham — where
Robinson's wife was barn-taid.
When he was interviewed for
..he send Aline etrafeessai,obinson
'began this 4atemeaseaesyith the
fatal words::: "Pil I1 you all
eabouriti' He need never have
had to teal the sty if science
adn"t4Allifd thgliaatchstick.
The story he told was an old
or scraps foressatnalesbaataacleve nate. Aaardralan stgtaialgato scream.
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lions — join later. Patter ns:a-Me spank. anceedeath. Reprieves —
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(stamps cannot be accepted, use John Robinson inade the mistake
postal note for safety) for this of cutting up his victim and
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telling ' a lot' of lies until he
realized there was a casOron
casehagairtstimilii eesssse„.
Such men are never popular
with Melee. Mee:Rehinsort went
to the gallows: By David Ensor
in "Titaita," •- *
Q. When' thaairie proposed to
is person, should this person
drink from his glass, too?
A, No. he does not 'rise from"
his chew, nor does he drink the
toast.
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INGERFARD1
Cleeelte:
,Our chicken -pox grandsons are
gradually, returning to normal,
David is back to school, Eqie,
and Jerry are dressed and run-
ning around the house; so artd -- 'Tut I doubt if I can get
you a bed for two months!" That
"afrs. S." is a young widow
with Iwo - small 'children: She
has some kind of remittent lever
whicheee far, her doctor has,
been enable tq diagnese. He ,
thinks the: only solution is for
her to go into hossaitaafoi a coan-
plate'clieck-up. After" telling her
thathe shook his head and add -
abounding with energy they are
almost .driving their 'mother
crazy. She thought it would
make it easier having ,the two
little ones down with chicken-
pox at one and the same thine
but there were nights last week
when she changed her mind,
They were so full of pox that
for several nights no one got
much sleep. One would wake
up and want "camel" calamine)
ointment rubbed on the spots.
Dee would get hirn quietened
down and then the other one
would start. Or she Would wake
up and fine Eddie had crawled
into bed beside her, One time
was just last week so we don't
know what the end of that story
, wilt be. I am. sure many doctors
must be as worried as their pa-
tients.
"Mrs. 0." is an elderly lady
living with her son, his wife and
their four small children. After
Christmas 'she developed .preu-
menials The,senteopad story —.no
hospital bed available. Imagipe
nursing a pneumonia patient on
a second floor room with four
small children running aroma!
downstairs.
What is the answer to this
complex question? Here is one
she found Eddie one side and aasolutiOn I Italie not yet seen
mentioned. If out-patient • care
were included in, hospitel, in-
surance wouldn't there be, fewer
""clamoring for1 1
people ospi
beds? ' Surely in 'the long 'run
-opefatiefi *costs would ebe
rather • than more. Diagnostic,
services for even one patient
would surely be less costly than
keeping him in a hospital bed
for even one day.
Anyway, it should be a service,:
available to all policy holders —
especially if insurance rates ar,e
to be giVen a fifteen percent
boost.
Jerry the other, but no Father.
He had taken to the, chesteraield!
Maybe he spent the rest 'of the
night dreaming of the'tfrne when
he wasn't Married. Oh -well, it's
just one of those things that—,
happen in the jeesa regulated
families. Actually no one seems
to have suffered too MIA. Art
and Daare 'were here Friday night
and brought us a lovely blinch
of'red carnations as an anniver-
sary gift.
Saturday the junior branch of
the family were here, ease 'fall'
of life. The two, boy g had not'
been.expesea to chicken-pex ets
we'ee not, leolang t. trouble in
that direction : Our third get'at'a'-
iidn is itoeving up fast,
sobni, that. evon't be any :babies
at all, (1 wonder!) Anyway,
Cedpicsahe youngest, will loe two
years Gad in a few weeks time.
It, doesn't seem possible. Poor
little fellow — born intoan age
of space travel and interplane-
tary missiles. I• are glad things
were not so eeinplicated when,
we were raising a family: At
that time our only worry, espe-
cially during the depressiora was
to keep our heads above water
and to make sure the children
were adequately fed, clothe
and educated — ail minor prob.
Geore Jesse!
Takes His Own Tip
For some weeks, radio listens
ers in Los Angeles have been
hearing racontetir George Jessel
in perhaps his best-known vau-
deville routine: A, telephone talk
with Mania. This time he *as •
promising to "send Mama a'
check every month" because he'd
sunk his savings in a sure thing:
The Beverly Hills Security In-
vestments Corp., a firm which
sells property deeds, guarantees
its customers a 10 per cent
yearly return, Jessel suggested
that "Aunt Gussie should ipvest
lents compared with the present 1, Uncle Phil's life insurance" in
spece age. BHSI.
Welt, One of'the 'eye:catdhing 1 At this point, the unsentiment-
newa items last week :concerned
the Oritario Hospital Services
Cotrimission. -- in the red to the
tune of oyer siscomillion dollars.
This is el vital importance to
almost everyone since 95 percent
of the population 'pay insurance
premiume, ' Why the deficit?
Several explanations, have ebeee
given which boil down, t.o., the .
primary fact that Deere rife more
patients than bods,' lVerf alro'he°
wonders why it shdtild be almost
impossible' to get tr hospital bed
eXcept for .an emergency. Now
don't misunderstand me, r etn
not actually critical of the Cc:nil-
/mission. 1 think it is doing' a
marvellous job. Those attalai are
ill are getting better care than
at any time in history. Last.
summer when Partner was in
hospital we didn't have a thing
to complain about. In fact it Was
our opinion that hospitals ate
leaning over backwaters in give
Ing care to patients once they
are in hospital. And there you
have the crux of the story
once they -ate in hospital, But,
uriless you- happen to be an
emergency the ehatees are that
while you are waiting for a bed
you will either die or get better!
Here are a few isolated cases,
personally known to rte.
"ktrs. L." suffered a. heart at.
tack: PlospitaIl2ation was clear.ly indicated but there, was no
bed availablej Mr, las was in
bed hill. week a with only an
elderly lnisbatid ne tate for her..
In bolditiote slit had to pay far
diegnostie tereleee 'which would
. al SEC meg clown the turtam, A
six -count complaint charged Sege
sel and the firrres three officers
with "fraticia, anels"deeeit." De-
spite BH$P-S' 4idirni tha:lit'f•*is
fully backed_ -4.53r47-e' estibatatittarl
equity, in real estate, customers
who asked for tha4,e0111oelleY
couldn't get it bagetagaaeasb,Atsa
said. Moreo'vereotlae,ifSelallaia;ara:
- told its new datigene.ta:t11001Vac
• wasn't meetialatliee'asaynieritiaCts.
its older elidgo.
In Miami'. teach. where he is
vacationing,, Jessel pointed oat
that he ,has rid formal connection
with the coflanes elms el sbeyee
lieve ram entireljain tie d1har.!
Nor i he one to takes his own
advice lightly: "They asked me
to do a, commercial, and I be-
lieve& in it so much I bought
some ief it myself," he said.
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setty.'s SAUTES •
'You reales atieh et perfect.
eattpla I'm glad aelidn't accept
fiipeopeatiV
Costs. More TO lap:
Ood.liver oil, a shilling (14.
• ..cents) and orange juice, 1 shit..
ling -sixpence (21 cents.). a 6 -
ounce bottle Vitamin pills,•siX
• pence ..(7 ct1/44,),-.E.p0c06, of 45,;-. •
?reseriptiorls, 2 shillings (2i •
cents) for any .drug. Private hos. •
pital beds, up . .3 •pounds
shillings ($23,52) a week.
AT THE READY — Jayne Turner,
member 'of the .'Tenderloin".
cast, iarriaes jeaca in New,York,„
from: ce. visit, . fully equipped
with . her. own ,shevel. Said
-she's been frightened ,.by, the
weather, reports.
City Worrieso, Over
Absence Of Storks
A
Residents in .Straehourg .area
seriously worried because their
houselease eto longer' seem attraes:
tive to •white &ries. For 800,
years; this faiey-tale bird has
thigrated there annually feem
South Africa and from this city
the ijgehd aalveaclathat the stottk
delivers' babies"
Nce sto long agorthere were
at least seventy paireepa white •,•
storks nesting in•Steasbourg, end
more in the neighbouring towns
'of Conner end Mulhouse.
Now Strasbourg a recent
count revealed, • 1.1 tiaaeo.
stork •nest s left. 'Ithese, are giapt
structures metre, 61 ,dried tangs,
grass"and'feet
in dianigtir aria e<reagleiriW aegeose
thousand' peursda • • -1
AccaSitingi td Professor Auseee
to Toscha tif the. -University,, cif
tolognoi, the stokicsAra tiring do.,
their , 6.00-year;Rid„. haunts,, Iris ,
steaca several aire '
nesting on risoftcps neat Ttlialla
in Northern Italy,
The Italians aTh delightedr be-,
cause the storks are bringing en
extra tourist attrection.
.1'•• s i ••• eee.
Relax Add -Chtve---
But Not The Rag L.
Incredible AS it may seem to
Americans, these suggested
prices were met with the tradi-
bona' political cries of "Shame!"
and "Resign!" wben Britain's
Minister of Healtia.Enochepowele.
announced-betala'atheellotisaaadf
Commons that Britons would
have to pay a bit more for their
socialized medicine. "This is a
major assault ee the health ser -
'ire," Peotested. OPP as itsien
Leader Hugh Gaitskell. But in
one of Commons' most rowdy
sessions, the Laborites last month
failed to muster enough. Prelimi-
inary voteeto reject the govtaar
ment's new health prices. Pas-
sage seemed assured.
By this 'action Britain's twelve-
year -old National Health Service,
which pays, out .$2.4 billion a
year for medical benefitswould
get another $182 million in in-
come. At the present time 13r1 -
tons pay only 26 cents out of
their weekly paychecks, In re-
turn, they gets (besidee free
medical care) .free vitarnies and
cod-liver oil. Thercanl'et any
preScription filled for only 14
cents, and if they want a private
hospital bed it costs only about
$12 a week. -.New, under the new
NHS plan the weekly paycheck
'decluctiort Li raised from 26 cents
to 38 cents and the employer's
contribution -from- 7 cents to '9s
cents. At the same time, the
prices, ofeisome items like pre-
scriPtipes have been raised, and
hitherto- free itetns, like cod-
liver oil, will be Charged for.
,Actually, the' average Briton
clidta seem as upset b' the price
rise as the Laborite politicians..
were, 1 He didn't like it, but
agreed an .most eases he could
afford to pay the bill. As, ore
London father of two children
put it: thankf'ul' for getting
benefits still so cheaply.'
-But many Britishscroctors fear-
ed that sortie chronically ill
could not afford, the higher pre-
scription costs. The medical pro-
fession, which for some time has
been enthusiastic about sociali-
zed Medicine, sided emphatically
with ,the Laborites, in criticizing
the price rise, ,
"We have always opposed pre-. .,
scription eataeges,",, a, -British.
Medial Associatiere, spokesman
said. "We ;feel they Create a fi-
nancial, barrier between the pa-
tient and' the treathaeht he eiaay
require."—Prean' NEWSWEEK.
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Rent -A-Castle Fore.
A Shilling A'. Year
An. Englishman's, home is his
castle, so they say. Well, Why
not rent one? FM.' a shilling a
year you can rent Duerobin, the
fairy-taile castle belonging to the
Duke: of 'Sutherland, Scotland.
'Theneltaieflaese ongieseag, a The „-
seventyetevoeyearealca Duke will
ask the new tenant, to ateaduce
110,000 ae an upkeep fund.
This way it will be possible to
avoid incomeetax,"11 the Duke
charged ammo. a year rent,
that would be subject to income
tax. :But by having a tenant
,put up the pacriey or upkeep. ,
there will he nb' tee,
Every penny of tfiel TritTney
will be spent 'on maintaining
beetle, which haseleeen in the.
Duke's family „ter 5oo, yeapse Ip
e.resturn„ the new tenant will get
Steady and constant cheat -me'
relakee aiarae net -ilea.' Atleast, abla
say fieave erietiottaists in the,' •
United States. «le
Chewing.egum, for instance,
helps -you to keep your temper,
IlVen Eskimos, who normally
chew blebber, have ehatiged
over to gime because they find
that it makes thetri feel happier
end more content, say the ex-
perts. e. ,
One Scientist says that chaise
big gtite teohaique 4 Of -
1 a xa ti op — a reethocr of dissi-
pating' eSseese eteiay,
elaaeS that meneal-jariglingy.perten
oil :tapping and -•whietlittg also.
help people 04 all „ageseto relaxe
These are hectic. tintea,,and
we're living at such a fast pace
that any tips an how tO 'relak
are niertil.. But Teel relaxation
is far frOrri easy. If you perse, •
vere, it's • wonderful how you .
can kill tension and the feeling
that yotit Whole system is tight;
ening Up.
"Relax and stay youtigt" say
the experts, If you can really
alet go't arid telex, you.' will be
surprised at the. "facial rejuven-
ation" you can ttialtieve, advises
one.
grouie.shocCrip. and deerea.telke
log and a Italy smashed eastlet,
that Woke like something
straight out of fleas AnderSen.
It even has its own railway
statim whieh is still used, but
only for request stops.
Since the war the duke 1at4
been.' nlsuest continuously ea -
gaged in complicated transac*
Clops aimed at preserving the
family fortunes. Three years
ago he sold his English man.
sion, Sutton Place, Guildford,
for 4400,000 to Paul Getty,
il-
IegedLy tine richest man in the
world.
eluding the castle) .for 4239,000„
Most of the money went into a
family trust for the benefit of
Itis niece, Mrs, Elizabeth Jansen.
,,I,Ehtle :the. Dukestenaq,
joys the emenities of Duna -Ain,'
the Duke and his wife will stay
.,Londop, But se lar Ito ranee.,
lionatire" has reacted for hie
cheque -hook. ,;ei ,ese e.ss
True happiness is fouled la
pursuing. aornething, ',net : else 'D
catching it,
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