City of Dreadful Night

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Sir Herbert Cordon, idealistic creator of much that is good and much that is bad about Brighton.

Just about balances out.

BRIGHTON GAZETTE, SATURDAY, 23 JUNE, 1934 GHASTLY FIND AT BRIGHTON BODY IN TRUNK WOMAN CUT TO PIECES SCOTLAND YARD’S TASK

Brighton was shocked early in the week by the news of a particularly horrible crime which came to light with the finding of the nude torso of a woman in a trunk at Brighton Central Railway Station, and the discovery of the legs in the King’s Cross Station Luggage Office.

The grim discovery was made on Sunday evening, 17th June. The trunk was forced open after there had been a complaint to the police that there was an offensive smell coming from it. The naked remains of the woman were found inside. The head, legs and arms had been sawn off. The trunk had been deposited on Wednesday, 6th June.

Clue of Letters

The remains were wrapped in brown paper and tied with window cord. On the edge of the paper, written in blue pencil, are the letters ‘ford’.

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