The Archive · 1939

Police Evidence

Chief Sergeant Louis Thellier, of the French Police, told the Coroner that he arrived at the apartment shortly after 11.20 a.m. where he saw two Europeans—a man and a woman—lying on a bed. The woman had sustained a bullet wound in the left temple while the man had a bullet entrance wound in the right temple and an exit wound above the right temple.

Shown a photograph of the room he. stated that this depicted everything as he had found ^it. The alarm clock was in exactly the same position and was ticking, while a bedside lamp on a chair was still burning. Between the man's thighs there was a gun, which was pointing upwards.

detective Sergeant B. J. Wall, of the Arms Identification Section. S.MP,, gave evidence. of examining three cartridge cases and a bullet, which had been received in a sealed envelope from Inspector Hill He discovered that the three empty car-bridges and the bullet had been fired from.a pistol, which was produced in Court.

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