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RUNAWAY BRIDEFOUND IN POND
After hearing a husband's story of attempts to Bave his bride of a fortnight when she ran away from him during a country walk and was found drowning in a pond, the coroner, Mr. Harold Dale, told a Cor- sham, Wilts, jury recently:
"You have listened to a story 80 extraordinary as to seem almost too incredible to be true, but on the other hand, we have no evidence of anything else."
The inquest was Mrs. Alice Sawyer (30), wife of Edward Sow- yer, a labourer, Corshamside, on whom a verdict of "Found drowned" was returned.
on
The husband, who was warned that he need not answer any ques- tions unless he liked, said that they were married on October 15.
On Friday, shortly after 6 p.m., they went for a walk along a coun Try lane,
"GOODBYE, I'M OFF"
His wife stopped, said she was
further, not going any
und then, suddenly saying, "Goodbye Eddy, I'm off." Jumped over wall and ran away across the fields.
He shouted after her, but got no reply, and followed, calling to her all the time. He lost sight of her, but heard her moaning and finally found her touting face downwards on the water.
He jumped into the pond, lifted her head up, and could see that she was dead.
An enormous and excited crowd in Naples hailed about 10,000 survivors of the original Italian Legionnaires who went to Spain 18 months ago, when they arrived home. Above, King Victor Em- The King re- manuel and Crown Prince Humbert, at the extreme right, review the home-comers.
turns the imperial salute to the upraised Fascist gesture,
Caravan Family in
Lord Mayor's
Show
Girl's Birth Changes
Family
Guernsey, Channel Islands. Susan Kinnersly, who has been christened in Guernsey, is the first girl to be bom in her father's family
an English King. For centuries the family has been noted for its soldiers and physicians.
Sheila Willams, on 11-year-old and snapshots of her wild animal for 300 years. The last daughter He tried to get her out, but could Southfields girl who has played with friends, from baby seals at Tongue, born in the Kinnersly family was not, and then ren home and told his wild animals and travelled in every on the north coast of Sutherland, 10 named Mary, and was at the court of of England, Scotland and field mice near Lizard Ilead. mother. Together they went to the corner
"Caravanning is wonderful for village police station, but no one was Wales, will ride in the Lord Mayor's there.
Show.
child, because it broadens the social With her father and mother she outlook," said her father, Mr. J. E. will be at home as usual" in the Williams, company director and hon. family trailer curavan Far Hori- treasurer of the British Caravanners' zons,"
tableau representing Club. caravan life which is part of the For the past three years the little family has caravanned every week- M. Darmady, assistant "Keep Fit" pageant.
She was only few weeks old when end, winter and summer, Wiltshire county pathologist, sald|
When Shella leaves school the that the post-mortem examination she had her first trip in the trailer,
cross Amerien from showed death was due to drowning, made by her father for his honey family plan
East to West and Africa from North of moon journey in 1925.
In her nature book she keeps notes to South by trailer.
I relurned to his home, changed his wet clothes and then cycled to Corsham police station. On the way he had half a pint of beer as he was
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and there Was no violence ur of a struggle.
evidence
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Buggy Driver Reels Out $10
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costs here for driving a horse while frunk.
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