The Cardiff Times, 9th
December 1893.
Bath Murder Mystery.
An inquest regarding the
mysterious murder of the girl Luke, near Bath, was resumed on Wendesday.
Respecting the report that the man Dill, who found the bloodstained cuffs, was
at the George Inn, Bathampton, on Bank Holiday when Luke disappeared, Sergeant
Targett was called and proved Dill was in Devizes Camp at the time.
Lucy Isaacs said Luke told her
she was going to marry the man Coombs on the Bank Holiday, but the deceased was
untruthful.
The Coroner, in summing up, said
there was not sufficient evidence to record a charge of murder against Coombs,
and his statements regarding his whereabouts on Bank Holiday were unrefuted.
The jury found deceased was
murdered by some person or persons unknown.
The Coroner severely censured
Dill, who attended in a state of intoxication, and fined two women for
unpunctuality in attendance.
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