Who put Bella in the Witch Elm?

[DJA]

Seems the police caught the local crank responsible for the graffiti.

Lot of conflicting "evidence".

Anyone know precisely where on the estate the tree was?

Was it near Hagley Hall or on the other side?

[DJA]

One of the boys, Bob Farmer, said that when he managed to fish the skull out by poking a stick into a hole at the base of the skull (the Foramen Magnum) he thought that he’d pushed in a piece of cloth.

Webster said that the body gave no pointers as to cause of death except for part of her skirt which had been pushed pretty deep into her mouth which might have indicated asphyxiation.

Now the peanut gallery is looking up a foreman by the name of Magnum

[DJA]

Gaslight was a popular stage play and movie at the time.

Nowadays Louisa Bella is a well known blogger.

[DJA]

so weird. if true, is the bella grafitti bs then? i mean whats the chance of a local prostitute named bella disapearing around the same time the body was determined to be dead whos also called bella?
i mean not really a common name is it?

unless its unquestionably determined that the known prostitute bella turned up alive, im inclined to question that. is their anything in the police record that confirms this?

Actually Bella is a popular first and last name.

[Abby Normal]

According to a random website I've just read, Bella the prostitute turned up alive later.

so weird. if true, is the bella grafitti bs then? i mean whats the chance of a local prostitute named bella disapearing around the same time the body was determined to be dead whos also called bella?
i mean not really a common name is it?

unless its unquestionably determined that the known prostitute bella turned up alive, im inclined to question that. is their anything in the police record that confirms this?

[DJA]

I’m interested in the name Lubella can anybody find any examples? I just googled and got this:

Statistics and meaning of name Lubella


Usage: 88% firstname, 12% surname.
Lubella first name was found 16 times in 3 different countries.
Surname Lubella is used at least 2 times in at least 1 countries. (USA)

Japanese for German measles ..... she was a SPY!

Those name sites are just trying to get you to sign up.

[Joshua Rogan]

just from reading the wiki entry it looks like Bella was a prostitute who had disapeared about 2-3 years earlier. the other stories are a bit far fetched.

According to a random website I've just read, Bella the prostitute turned up alive later.

[DJA]

They also checked shops in Bilston, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. I was in Wednesbury today.

Which left 6 pairs sold at the market stall in Dudley.
Dudley was a bit of a tourist town,with the castle being converted to a zoo in 1939.

Well get a wriggle on,you should be in Monbury!

[Joshua Rogan]

One of the boys, Bob Farmer, said that when he managed to fish the skull out by poking a stick into a hole at the base of the skull (the Foramen Magnum) he thought that he’d pushed in a piece of cloth.

Webster said that the body gave no pointers as to cause of death except for part of her skirt which had been pushed pretty deep into her mouth which might have indicated asphyxiation.

Hmmm. Cheers. Hmmm.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I’m interested in the name Lubella can anybody find any examples? I just googled and got this:

Statistics and meaning of name Lubella


Usage: 88% firstname, 12% surname.
Lubella first name was found 16 times in 3 different countries.
Surname Lubella is used at least 2 times in at least 1 countries. (USA)

[Herlock Sholmes]

Webster said that she was between 4’ 9 1/5” and 4’ 10 1/5.” Tiny. It was also felt that the shoes, a size 5 1/5 were large for a woman of her size.

[Herlock Sholmes]

The shoes were manufactured by Waterford Company,Lancashire and probably purchased from a market stall in Dudley.

They also checked shops in Bilston, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. I was in Wednesbury today.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Cheers chaps, that's what I'd read before. But I'm just listening to a podcast which states that the boys who discovered the body said that they placed the taffeta in the skull when they fished it out of the tree....

One of the boys, Bob Farmer, said that when he managed to fish the skull out by poking a stick into a hole at the base of the skull (the Foramen Magnum) he thought that he’d pushed in a piece of cloth.

Webster said that the body gave no pointers as to cause of death except for part of her skirt which had been pushed pretty deep into her mouth which might have indicated asphyxiation.

[DJA]

The shoes were manufactured by Waterford Company,Lancashire and probably purchased from a market stall in Dudley.

[Joshua Rogan]

Cheers chaps, that's what I'd read before. But I'm just listening to a podcast which states that the boys who discovered the body said that they placed the taffeta in the skull when they fished it out of the tree....