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JC Camden Town Horror. WOMAN KILLED WHILST SLEEPING. Lover Exonerated. At the St. Pancras Coroner's Court on Mon- day Dr. G. Danford Thomas, coroner for Cen- tral London, opened the inquest on the body of Emily Dimmock, otherwise known as Mrs Shaw. aged 23 years, the victim of the murder committed in "St. Ilaul's -road, Camden Town, on Wednesday night. So great was the interest shown in the proceedings that the limited ac- commodation in the court was much overtaxed long before the coroner took his seat. Evidence of identification was given by Henry John Dimmock, a plasterer's labourer, of Luton. He said deceased was his sister, and she came to London about five years ago as a domestic servant. Her age would be 23 on the 20th of next month. The last time he saw her was on Easter Sunday. He did not know where she was living, but thought she was married to a man named Shaw. The news of herdeath reached him through the papers on Friday morning, and he at once came to London. Bertram Shaw. a cook employed on the Mid- land Railway dining-car train, said he made the acquaintance of the deceased two years ago and had been living with her since January. They had been in St. Paul's-road eight weeks. They were not married, but he had treated her as his wife and believed she was true to him. He last saw her alive on the Wednesday after- noon. At 4.40 he went away with a train, re- maining from home all night. He arrived in London at 10.40 on Thursday morning and reached home at 11.30 a.m. He was expecting his mother and found she was there when he returned. I was most surprised to see my mother sitting there by herself, but thought perhaps Mrs Shaw had gone to meet her. The Coroner They could not open her door and they were puzzling how to get into the toom ?-They were not puzzling they thought ihe had gone to the station to meet my mother. You forced open the door and were the first io enter the room ?—Yes. Were you aware that your wife had been living irregularly ?-No. Were you going to get married ? Yes. W hat did you see when you entered the joom ?—I found the contents of the chest of drawers all over the floor. My razor was lying 'jn the top of the chest of drawers. Was your wife lying on the bed 1-Yes. She had her clothes over her but was other. Krise naked t- Yes. Did you notice she had a wound in her roat ?- Yes. Did there appear to have been a struggle « No. Did you miss any property ? Yes; her Jewellery and a silver cigarette case- Detective-Inspector Neil When you first became acquainted with the deceased what did you know her as ?-A prostitute. Then did i ou know she had been leading an irregular life 1- Yes, before I lived with her. Is it a fact that vou were turned out of some buildings in consequence of her taking men home at night ?—No. Be careful. Were you not turned out of tome buildings in Pancras-square ?—Yes, we Were turned out, because Mr came Rnd inquired for a curtain pole and some cur- tains of his, as she owed him some money- lie said she took men home at night, and I said ithe did not. This man has been convicted of keeping a brothel, and deceased was a prostitute at that Brothel ?—Y es Sarah Ann Stocks, landlady of the house in whnh deceased lived, said deceased behaved respectably so far as her knowledge went. She knew Shaw was away with a train all Wednes- day night. On Wednesday afternoon deceased seemed as usual- Witness did not see her go out or come in that evening. Detective-Inspector Neil (who had charge of the case): Had she been in the habit of going out nightly ?—Yes. At what time ?—8 or 8.30. Had she been in the habit of returning before you go to bed ?—No. In reply to other questions witness said there were three keys missing—those of the front door. the deceased's room, and the folding dCD?■' John Thompson, police divisional surgeon, said he arrived about 1 o'clock and found deceased lying perfectly nude on the middle of the bed. The body was cold and rigid, and death had taken place probably jieven or eight hours previously. There was a "Wound right across the throat. It was a clean cut with a sharp instrument. The Coroner: Could it have been self- C Jnflicted 7-1 should say not. Was it done with much force ?-Yes the windpipe was severed.. I suppose that the cat once inflicted tne person could not have spoken or made any sound ?-No. Witness went on to say that the cut reached right to the spine at the left side, where he thought the cut must have been commenced. He should say that deceased was asleep when the wound was inflicted. The Coroner Why do you think that?- Bee, use she was in natural, comfortable posi, Dion, such as a person would lie in when 1'). Detective-Irspector Neil said that since the occurrence he had made inquiries, but they were not yet matured. The Coroner You take the view that this act was done by some other person. Witness I am afraid so. The inspector went on to say in reference to the ransacking of the drawers that they had apparently been turned out by someone who was looking for something. There were three rings there which were not touched. The Coroner You entirely clear Shaw from any blame ? Witness: Yes. He added that whoever Committed the crime was careful not to touch anything with blood-stained hands. The shutters of the front room had been opened just enough to allow sufficient light for looking through the drawers. The Coroner at this stage said he thought it would be better to adjourn the inquiry. After learning the deceased's history it seemed likely that deceased, knowing Shaw was to be tway all night, was tempted to take someone home with her. That was fatal to her, for it seemed certain that that person was the one who committed the crime. The inquiry was then adjourned. Tracking Down Suspects. The police have been able to narrow down the search for the murderer, and are now confining their attention to three men. Strong suspicion attaches to one of these men, and i he should prove the culprit it will be found tnat he had a deeper motive than those hitherto suggested. Close inquiries are being made, and there is ground for hope that an arrest will be made Inquiries in Luton show that Dimmock was engaged at one time in straw works, and lodged with her sister, Mrs Martindale, Langley-street, Luton, who supposed her mar- ried to a sailor named Biddell at Portsmouth. Last September the girl, who was also called Phyllis. visited Luton with a soldier. Mrs Martindale then said to her. You will play the game with these fellows once too often. You will be murdered if anyone lives to see it." The police investigations have established the fact that a man who had been with the woman on the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights was not with her on the Wednesday night. The man himself informed the police that on the Wednesday morning, while he was breakfasting with the woman, she received a letter, and on opening it said, This is a nuisance. I have to meet a man who is very jealous of me." When the police searched the room they could find no trace of this letter, but on the floor was a burnt fragment of a letter, which contained one or two indecipherable words. She Has Ruined Me." In November of last year the girl Dimmock lodged with a Mrs Roberts, of Grafton-place, Euston-road. She was there visited one day by a young man, with whom she seemed on friendly terms, and who invited her to go for a motor-ride with him that afternoon. On her return in the evening she told her landlady tha.t she had had a good time. In January last, the girl having in the meantime moved to other lodgings, the man called at the house and inquired for Miss Dimmock. On being in- formed that she had left and had married a young man named Shaw, he angrily replied, 11 That cannot be so, for she is married to a sailor. But if she is living with Shaw. I'll find her out. if it takes me years. She has ruined tne. and I'll' do for her." Mrs Roberts says that the man again and again begged for her address, but she refused to give it him, as Miss Dimmock had be-ggcd of her not to tell anybody where she was going. Subsequently Mrs Roberts told Miss Dimmock that the man had called, and of his threats, but the girl only laughed and treated tl»e matter as a joke. v

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