Fascinating thread - it shouldn't have been closed down so soon.
In it's gathering of additional information it actually brought us to a similar point to the police investigation of 1897 - several interesting suspects but nothing solid enough to build a tight case on. Moreover, now that I have reread the whole thread I am noticing (quite delightedly) how Jonathan managed to show similarities in the actions of MacNaughton explaining what was discovered and in the process so mixing facts as to confuse pursuit by the public, and presumably protecting reputations of respectable families (glad that I see this again now).
Interesting mistake by Sims though - in his letter in the Daily Mail of 4 September 1908 he mentions the Merstham Tunnel Tragedy of Mary Sophia Money in 1905, but says this surely was an accidental death. That theory was raised at the time, but no theory really won out. And as events showed afterwards, there was a strong possibility that a failure in police investigations of the movements of Sophia's brother Robert may have overlooked an actual solution. In 1911 Robert killed one wife and his children, and seriously injured his second wife, and then killed himself. Of course, this would be unknown in 1908 or 1905, but it may have a really strong bearing on what caused Mary JSophia Money's death.
I have one or two other points I'd like to look into if I get a chance on the Camp Mystery.
Jeff
In it's gathering of additional information it actually brought us to a similar point to the police investigation of 1897 - several interesting suspects but nothing solid enough to build a tight case on. Moreover, now that I have reread the whole thread I am noticing (quite delightedly) how Jonathan managed to show similarities in the actions of MacNaughton explaining what was discovered and in the process so mixing facts as to confuse pursuit by the public, and presumably protecting reputations of respectable families (glad that I see this again now).
Interesting mistake by Sims though - in his letter in the Daily Mail of 4 September 1908 he mentions the Merstham Tunnel Tragedy of Mary Sophia Money in 1905, but says this surely was an accidental death. That theory was raised at the time, but no theory really won out. And as events showed afterwards, there was a strong possibility that a failure in police investigations of the movements of Sophia's brother Robert may have overlooked an actual solution. In 1911 Robert killed one wife and his children, and seriously injured his second wife, and then killed himself. Of course, this would be unknown in 1908 or 1905, but it may have a really strong bearing on what caused Mary JSophia Money's death.
I have one or two other points I'd like to look into if I get a chance on the Camp Mystery.
Jeff
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