e they are saying that I have got you to Mrs. Ruxton’s hair. There was indica’ [P = =
-corate my staircase to cover up the blood- tion of death by strangulation. There was |
ains, as I have done a murder?” Ruxton a fracture of the thyroid bone. As strangu- Avenue Cafe and News-Stand
so tried to get a Mr. Ene Hall to say lation shows quite often in the eyes, ears Frank L. Godfrey, Proprietor
at he had called at ae peo a and lips, these had all been cut off. Mrs. || Stage Depot -:- Taxi Service

, the evening of September 14th and rey Ruxton had a prominent nose and _ this

tired a fuse, and that Mary Rogerson had been cut off Body No. 2. While Mrs.

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.d opened the doommfonehimem ihismofr Ruxton had some bridge work in the ad a ee ee era ue
yurse was untrue. He called at the gat front part of her mouth, Body No. 2 i

se where he had left his car for servic’ showed signs of having had teeth extracted see aa ae
g, and asked them if they could be sure after death. Mrs. Ruxton was known to
‘the date, as the police were questioning have oddly shaped fingernails with bevelled
im about the Moffat affair. He wanted edges. The cadaver had the fingertips re-

k h h gasoline the tank of thi és; : ie
Ma a hold, ex Bee iat ae moved. Flesh had been stripped from the ST AN’S GROCERY

cadavers legs. Mrs. Ruxton was known to

suld not have been up in Scotland. have had abnormally thick ankles, her legs STAN WATLING, Proprietor
a ‘ > 5
Experts Give EvipENCE being about the same size from knee to GROCERIES and MEATS
. meats re ankle. She had suffered from a bunion on a We Deliver to All Districts Regularly
OWR WE Meee % 4 cue a fe b © big toe. This had been removed, but an X- Phone Sidney 181 |
xperts, most or whom have already been fay examination of the bone structure SIDNEY B. C.

amed. As we have seen, there were
8 sections of human body which had
een reconstructed into two partial
adavers. The dimensions of the two bodies
tted the descriptions of the two missing

showed that there had been an inflamma-
tion of the bone at some previous time, in-
dicating a bunion had been where the flesh_ ;
was missing. Again casts were made of the ||
feet, and similar results obtained to those

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vomen. The fingerprints and plamar im- jp the case of the Rogerson girl. This time BAAL’'S DRUG STORE
ressions of the left hand of body No. 1 the casts only fitted Mrs. Ruxton’s- worn

yatched with many found in places where shoes For Local Souvenirs, Stationery, Photo
he maid’s prints would usually be found : Finishing, and a full stock of Medicines
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Vhile Mary had a “glide” in one eye, both The scientists then did another and re- BEACON AVENUE SIDNEY, B.C.

yes of Body No. 1 had been removed. She markable thing. A cabinet size photograph
ad some teeth missing. Teeth had been had been found of Mrs. Ruxton in the
emoved from the cadaver. There were four house. This was taken to the man who had
accination marks situated in a place identi taken the picture originally, and he was

ied as being in the same location as Mary asked-if he could reproduce an exact life ALADDIN CAFE
{ogerson’s vaccinations. Mary had a birth- size picture from it. He thought he could MRS. F. WHITTAKER, Proprietress
nark on the right arm. Body No. 1 had a and went to work. Mrs. Ruxton had worn Where Good Food Is Unexcelled
ection cut out in the same place. She had a tiara when the picture was taken, so the Home Cooking and Home-Made Pies
scar on one thumb. The whole hand had photographer asked for this. It was found Our Specialty

een cut off and was missing. She had among her effects and delivered to him. SIDNEY British Columbia

reckles on her face. The skin on the face Using the dimensions of the tiara as a
f Body No. 1 had been removed as well as “yardstick” he was able to produce a picture
art of the nose. Body No. 1 had been of almost exact life size. The scientist then
calped, but there was sufficient hair left to took one of the skulls and removed all the
how that it compared favourably with extraneous matter other than the actual

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Mary Rogerson’s. The left hand of Body bone structure, and had this photographed COAL AND RANGE OIL
No. 1 showed that the deceased during her at the same angle and in the same position
ifetime had indulged in manual work, that Mrs. Ruxton had adopted when she SIDNEY

iccording to evidence of fingers and finger’ had her picture taken. The two pictures FREIGHT SERVICE LTD
ails. Mary Rogerson had been operated were carefully traced and superimposed 2

mn for appendicitis. The entire torso of with very convincing results, showing a SIDNEY, V. I. B.C.

Body No. 1 was missing. A cast of one foot great probability that the skull found had ||

was taken and the gelatine compound fac- been that of the late Mrs. Ruxton. A

simile was constructed by the scientists. similar piece of work was done with the

a fitted the shoes that had belonged to skull from Body No. 1, but in this case Gomplimenisiet
ary Rogerson perfectly. Tried in the they had to rely on a snapshot of Mary

shoes owned by Mrs. Ruxton, there was no Rogerson, which when enlarged to life size MILROY & COLLINS

similarity at all. did not reveal the bony structures nearly

With respect to Body No. 2, this was as well as the other had. Another factor General Merchants
entirely scalped. Mrs. Ruxton had brown was the heavy shadow under the chin made .
ish hair with a grey patch at the top. There it difficult to determine the exact location SOOKE B.C.
were also a few hairs left on the cadaver of the lower jaw bone. ,
ro make a favourable comparison with Added to the above were other pieces ot

definite evidence. Mrs. Holme had recog-
nized the child’s rompers or knickers in

which one of the heads had been found, as | CLIFF’S HOT DOG STAND

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LIMITED having been given by her to Mary Roger- Tein Aas Ri EES, COATS
son. This identification had been by a
‘COASTWISE TOWING peculiar knot as we have seen. However, in TOBACCOS and CIGARETTES
* cross examination, she was handed a piece *

of string with which to duplicate the com-
plicated knot. Without a moment’s hesita-
tion she made the knot which was a perfect

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