Diss Family History Group

THE SUFFOLK VILLAGE MYSTERY.

William Gardiner was charged on remand at Saxmundham (Suffolk) on Thursday, with the murder of a servant girl, Rose Annie Harsent, at Peasenhall. - Mr. Guerin, expert in handwriting, gave evidence as to the letter and envelope received by the deceased. He had formed an opinion that the writing was the same as the business letters acknowledged to be in the accused’s writing. - Dr. Stevenson, official analyst to the Home Office deposed that all the clothing sent to him by the police for examination was free from stains of blood and paraffin. There were traces of blood upon the interior of the clasp-knife produced and a broken bottle. There was also a small piece of cloth, which had apparently been torn out of something, but not from the clothes submitted by the police. - The prisoner was committed for trial.