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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1933.
MURDER MYSTERY
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
WHAT IS ITS SECRET?
Scotland Yard and East Sussex detectives have this astonishing mystery to solva:
Joseph Bedford, a' recluse aged 80, was found dying one night ro- cently, in his little general and old curiosity shop in Clarence-street, Portalade.
A constable, noticing goods still outside the shop after closing time, flashed his lamp through the window and saw the old man, with blood over his face, staggering to- wards the door.
Strangely enough, all the doors were locked and bolted-the win- dows had been fastened.
The victim could not speak to the constable, who broke his way in; he had collapsed. He died in hospital.
His death was believed to have been due to a fall following a fit of giddiness or other illness,
Then como a dramatic message from Worthing police suggesting that death may not have been accl-
dental.
How were his injuries.caused?
When the Inquest opened at Hovo the coroner, Dr. E. F. Hoare, announced that he would adjourn it for further inquiries to be made. If he was informed that proceed- ings had been taken clsewhere he would again adjourn.
A love hospital doctor said the man had a fractured skull--which was exceptionally thin-his nasc was broken, and his eyes black- ened.
Mr. Charles Harold Bedford, of Crescent-road, Worthing, a nephew
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WAR ON TOY PISTOLS
LORD TRENCHARD'S ORDER
of the dead man, who was accom-
Lord Trenchard. Commissioner panied by another nephew from of Metropolitan Pollee,, has de- London gavo ovidence of identityclared war on the toy pistol by at the Inquest,
issuing an order under which
All "pencil pistola" (reproduc-
tions of the refill penell "gun" used into weapons which will kill at 16 by American gangsters) now on feet. sale in hundreds of shops ure de- While the makers of pencil pia- clared prohibited weapons under tols have agreed to discontinue | the Firearms Act, 1920.
sales, a large number of these Any such pencil pistol exposed "toys" have already been distribut for sale or found in, the possession ed to firearm dealers, stores and of any person is to be seized and shopkeepers. forwarded to the Home Office or Scotland Yard,
Under the Firearms and Imita- tion Firearms (Criminal Use) Bill, This order is made because the
received which
៨ unanimous authorities are seriously disturbed. at the menace of the cheap "toy" second reading in the House of
Commons firearms, which may be purchased using imitation firearms to avoid recently, "gunmen" for as little as 18, 4d., and, by the arrest will be liable to 14 years' use of drill, may be converted
penal servitude.
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BECAUSE I HAVE ONLY TWENTY CENTS`
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