Murder of Mary Money

She had worked for a dairyman named Bridger and lived in Lavender Hill in Battersea, south London.[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]

A 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]

A 9.33 train from London Bridge passed through the tunnel around the time of her death.[1]

A 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]