| 词条 | Murder of Mary Money |
| 释义 |
| name = Mary Money | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Mary Sophia Money | birth_date = | birth_place = England | nationality = English | death_date = 24 September 1905 | occupation = | spouse = | father = | mother = | children = }}Mary Sophia Money is the victim of an unsolved murder in Surrey, England, from 1905.[1] Discovery of bodyHer body was found in Merstham tunnel by sub-Inspector William Peacock shortly before 11pm on 24 September 1905.[1][2] He was the foreman of a gang of workmen.[2] Her remains were quite mutilated and there were no identifying papers, letters or a ticket on her.[1] Peacock immediately reported his discovery to the Merstham station master.[1] The workmen brought her body to the station, where police directed them to bring it to The Feathers Inn.[2] InvestigationInitially her death was thought to be a suicide, but the discovery of a scarf thrust down her throat and marks on the walls of the tunnel changed this opinion.[1] After her description was circulated Robert Money, a dairy farmer from Kingston Hill, came forward the following day to identify her as his sister, Mary.[1][2] Last known movementsShe had worked for a dairyman named Bridger and lived in Lavender Hill.[1] She shared accommodation with another dairy employee, Emma Hone, who had last seen her at 7pm the day of her death when she said she was going for a walk and wouldn't be long.[1] Emma didn't know of any boyfriends of Mary.[1] Miss Golding, who owned a sweetshop near Clapham Junction railway station said that Mary had bought some chocolate and mentioned that she was going to Victoria station.[1] A ticket collector identified her as a woman he had seen at about 7:20pm and that she had said she was going to Victoria - he was the last person known to have seen her alive.[1] Mary had a purse with her when she left Clapham, which was never found.[1][3] A young man, a railway clerk who had dated Mary, had an alibi for the time of her death.[1] Her employer and his brother said that they had been on good terms with her until her death.[1][4] Possible sightingsA guard on the train said that he had seen a man and woman together in a first class compartment at East Croydon and that she matched Mary's description.[1] He saw them again at South Croydon railway station and at Redhill he saw the man leave what he thought was the same compartment and exit the train.[1] He was described as thin, with a moustache and a bowler hat, a description that didn't help identify him and he was never traced.[1] A signalman at Purley Oaks said that he had seen a man and woman struggling in a first class compartment but he hadn't attached much importance to it.[1] TrainA 9.33 train from London Bridge passed through the tunnel around the time of her death.[1] Expert witness evidenceA Home Office expert said that her injuries had been sustained before death, probably because of a violent struggle, that she had been dead approximately one hour when found and that there was no sign of sexual interference.[1] The autopsy showed that she had eaten a meal about three hours before her death.[1] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 {{cite web |url=http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/our_history/crime_history/murder_of_mary_money_1905.aspx |title=Murder of Mary Money, 1905 |author= |date= |publisher=British Transport Police|access-date=25 June 2016|quote=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Money, Mary Sophia}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4975692|title=Murder in a Tunnel|publisher=The Advertiser|date=1 November 1905|accessdate=25 June 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/our_history/crime_history/murder_of_mary_money_1905.aspx|title=Murder of Mary Money 1905|website=www.btp.police.uk|accessdate=8 November 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.realcrimedaily.com/the-mutilation-of-mary-money-in-the-merstham-tunnel-realcrimefriday/|title=Mary Money: The Mutilation in the Merstham Tunnel #RealCrimeFriday - Real Crime|website=www.realcrimedaily.com|accessdate=8 November 2018}} 4 : History of Surrey|Incidents of violence against women|Unsolved murders in the United Kingdom|Female murder victims |
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