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SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1932.

LONDON HOTEL

DRAMA.

INCIDENT BEFORE

WOMAN'S DEATH.

POLICE AND MAN WHO MAY DIE.

Chief-Detective-Inspector

Ni-

choll, giving evidence at the in- quent on Mrs. Gladys Luff, who was shot dead in a Loudon hotel, the Goldsmitha Arms, stated that he had "nome individual ander surveillance."

The Coroner: He is not avail- able to-day even if he desired to come 7No.

"The position," said Chief- Inspector Nicholls, "is that the mann is in a very critical condition and might die at any moment. On the other hand he might recover."

The Inspector stated, too, he had antisfied himself that Mrs. Luff's death wat not a rane of suicide. No weapon was fouad,

A Boy of 14.

In earlier evidence, the husband.

Luft. Henry Charles

of Lower Bristol-road, Bath, a bus driver, said his wife was about 35 yurs if nge

They had one child, a boy, who would be i in March. He last Isaw his wife in Bath a month ngo, lost fr est spoken to her since 1918. There was a mutual agree ment to part.

it

Bliss Carter, barmaid of the Goldsmith Arms, stated that man occasionally visited Mrs. Luft at the hotel. They seemed rather affectionate terms.

On the Monday, when the police were called in she found on the Lil the keys for the offer, front roum, sitting room, bedroom and LII. The money WILTE nnually banked, but was not on Saturday on account of paying tradesmen.

Sound of Shots,

Francis James Boyles, a licensed victualler's manager, who lived at the Gofdamihts' Armis, said he had sometimes heard a man's voice in

Mrs. Lutf's room after closing

hours.

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He heard voices, hers and man's, but he did not know who the man was.

The Coroner: Did you not think

Bruised ArmUS,

Bir

of the head.

Sir Bernard produced two smali Sir Bernard Spilsbury, who There were superficial bruises on nickel-coated bullets which he had About 12.15 on the Wednesday he

made the post-mortem examina the arms, which might have been found and handed them to the tion, said he found three bullet caused by the gripping of fingers, coronor, thought he heard Mrs. Luff coming

Fired from One Position.

"The bullets, concluded in with someone. Later he heard

wounds in the head. They were

was Mrs. Luft must what seemed like

have been Bernard, "had obviously been fired extraordinary-in a horizontal line. There

no blackening of the skin and dead 12 hours and might have from the same position and had tinkling of glans.

It seemed a very small report.

Did you think it was a joke? little singeing of the hair, which been dead 24 or 48 hours before passed through the head at ap- Then he heard another shot,

had showed that the shots toy

not he saw her. The brain had been proximately the same place." and he shouted down, "Are you all Yes, I thought they had a

been fired from within six inches pierced by the bulleta.

The inquest was adjourned. right?" She said: "Quito all pistol.

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