Bismarck Road, Highgate. It seems that Mrs. Lloyd had only been married a couple of days when death overtook her in her bath. Burnham got out a Blackpool clip- ping about his daughter’s death; and he studied the two items for a long time. He wrote to Scotland Yard and Inspr. Neill commenced a check at Highgate and Blackpool. He studied the inquest proceedings carefully, and then he discovered something that made him knit his brow. The two husbands — Smith and Lloyd — bore identical descriptions. He checked further and discovered it was the same man. Now he was FORT HOPE GARAGE LTD. GENERAL REPAIRS ACCESSORIES Mercury - Lincoln - Meteor Imperial ESSO Service HOPE BRITISH COLUMBIA Livingstone’s Sash & Door Window Frames Storm Windows Sash and Doors Window Glass Safety Glass - Plate Glass Phone Hope 3841 4th Avenue HOPE, B.C. TRAIL CAFE GUS. SANDWICK, Prop. FULL COURSE MEALS Fountain Service MODERN SURROUNDINGS HOPE BRITISH COLUMBIA PAINE HARDWARE LTD. Complete Stock Powder, Blasting Accessories Agents C-I-L Paints and Varnishes WHOLESALE. Free Delivery - RETAIL - Phone North 12 NORTH VANCOUVER really on the track of something. Working almost the clock round he discovered the similarity in the Herne Bay bathtub drowning. Endlessly he traveled in search of information, week after week he probed and checked. He talked to lawyers, doctors, bankers and _ insur- ance men, and landladies. He got the complete history of George Joseph Smith. Close up on Smith’s trail was the Yard men, watching him go into the lawyer’s office in Uxbridge Road, picking him up when he re-appeared on the street. In June, 1915, Smith came up for trial at London’s Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court. Crowds assembled long before court opening to fight for places where they could snatch a glimpse of the cadaverous murderer, whom the newshawks had promptly dubbed “The Brides in the Bath” murderer. Smith was charged with the murder of Beatrice Mundy and Mr. Marshall Hall, K.C., Britain’s crack defence counsel, appeared in his defence. Sensational Trial It was the most important criminal trial in half a century and 112 wit- nesses were summoned to give evi- dence, of whom 14 were bank managers. Certainly the number of lawyers Cottrell’s Truck Line Ltd. DAILY SERVICE Between Vancouver — Hope — Yale Country Freight Office HA 6311—Phones—HOPE 3371 Wim. Thomson Associated with Mc & Mc Hardware, Building Supplies and Feed Hunting and Fishing Gear Phone 3431 P.O. Box 28 HOPE BRITISH COLUMBIA AUTO METAL AND RADIATOR WORKS LTD. Axle, Wheel Alignment and Frame Straightening Bodies, Fenders, Radiators, Collision Repairs, Duco Refinishing, Upholstery Repairs, Seat kkk Phones: PA cific 7571-2 | Covers 1160 Alberni Street Vancouver, B.C. Commercial Hotel & Cafe | — FULLY MODERN — 99 Miles From Vancouver EXCELLENT MEALS * Phone 2481 HOPE, B.C. Telephone FAirmont 0221 Nunn & Chomson) Ltd. Directors of ey ener ESemaees 2559 Cambie Street Vancouver, B.C. EPWENTY-SIXTH EDITION BRETT’S (HOPE) LTD. COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE WRECKER SERVICE Coronation Ware — Gifts Sportsmen’s Supplies — Licences Fhone 2746 HOPE, B.C. MUSSENDEN’S "Style and Staple Apparel’ MEN’S, WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S READY-TO-WEAR — FOOTWEAR * PRINCETON BRITISH COLUMBIA EMPRESS HOMEIE LEE McGONIGAL, Manager A Modern Commercial & Tourist Hotel Excellent Dining Room Service CHILLIWACK B.C. Brunswick Cigar Store AND BILLIARDS * CHILLIWACK’S LARGEST SMOKERS’ SUPPLY STORE CHILLIWACK B.C. Subscribe to THE SHOULDER STRAP EWEN MACKAY & COMPANY LTD. * Government, Municipal and Corporation Securities INSURANCE » REAL ESTATE * 548 Columbia St. Phone 660 NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. P.O. Box 463 Phones: 150 and 170 BELYEA & CO. LTD. At It Here Over 50 Years 809 Carnarvon Street NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Storing - Shipping Customs Brokers Moving - Packing - Coal and Wood - WESTMINSTER IRON WORKS GO. LTD. MACHINISTS and ENGINEERS LIGHT STRUCTURAL STEEL * Telephone 3066 11385 Queens Avenue NEW WESTMINSTER B.C. Page Twenty-five