A street scavenger known to his friends as Jack the Sweeper, no relation to Jack the Ripper, is going about his usual business of sweeping up the leaves and debris of a London square when he comes across a parcel wrapped in sacking just inside the railings of the garden.
Hello, what's this? Somebody left some old clothes here or something, eh? Let's have a look.
The body, or it remains, was covered with delicate underclothing of lace and blue ribbon and was wrapped in a sheet.
There was also a torn piece of brown paper on which had been scrawled B-L-O-D-I-E B-E-L-G-I-U-M. Bloody Belgium.
A little distance away, in another part of the garden, we found the legs of the victim wrapped in paper.
Even in those days, the name of young Dr. Bernard Spilsbury had earned the respect and admiration of Scotland Yard.
Spilsbury, a hard-working pathologist, had devoted his career and life towards the study of the medical aspect of crime.
The problem put to him in this case was one of the most difficult in his professional career.
I'm afraid there's no hope of positive identification of the victim until the missing head can be found.
It is, of course, a woman, but I think if you can give me a little more time, I may be able to help you with some more information.
I'm going back to my laboratory now, and I'll be in touch with you later in the day.
A street scavenger known to his friends as Jack the Sweeper, no relation to Jack the Ripper, is going about his usual business of sweeping up the leaves and debris of a London square when he comes across a parcel wrapped in sacking just inside the railings of the garden.
Hello, what's this? Somebody left some old clothes here or something, eh? Let's have a look.
The body, or it remains, was covered with delicate underclothing of lace and blue ribbon and was wrapped in a sheet.
There was also a torn piece of brown paper on which had been scrawled B-L-O-D-I-E B-E-L-G-I-U-M. Bloody Belgium.
A little distance away, in another part of the garden, we found the legs of the victim wrapped in paper.
Even in those days, the name of young Dr. Bernard Spilsbury had earned the respect and admiration of Scotland Yard.
Spilsbury, a hard-working pathologist, had devoted his career and life towards the study of the medical aspect of crime.
The problem put to him in this case was one of the most difficult in his professional career.
I'm afraid there's no hope of positive identification of the victim until the missing head can be found.
It is, of course, a woman, but I think if you can give me a little more time, I may be able to help you with some more information.
I'm going back to my laboratory now, and I'll be in touch with you later in the day.
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