Case of the Homemade Handbag

Whitehall 1212. For the first time in its history, Scotland Yard opens its official files to bring you the true stories of some of its most baffling cases.

These are the true for you by an all British cast. Only the names have obvious reasons been changed. The broadcasts are presented with a full cooperation of Scotland Yard. Research on Whitehall 1212 is finished by Percy Hoskins, Chief Crime Reporter of the London Daily Express.

The stories for radio are written and directed by Willis Cooper. You will now hear the voice of Chief Superintendent John Davidson, the man in charge of Scotland Yard's famous black museum. A great man of the visitors to the black museum here, rather expect to find a series of tab levels of gory murders complete with ghouls flitting about from corner to corner and blood

stained doublets. They are often quite astonished to discover a place that rather resembles the old curiosity shop, although I confess I bear but slight resemblance to little male. A great many of our exhibits here are quite innocuous in appearance, although most of them have been eyewitnesses to murder.

For example, this one. It's a ridicule. A woman's homemade handbag crocheted a yellow string. It accompanied a woman to her death. Sergeant Neil Poole had, I think, most to do with finding the murderer. Now, your turn, Sergeant Moore.

This girl was found dead near Maidstone in Kent early on the morning of the 14th of October October a few years ago. Really quite chilly morning as October is in England, they are likely to be. The Chief Constable of Kent had requested assistance from the Metropolitan Police. That's Scotland Yard, you know. And I was assigned. The Maidstone was about 40