A SENSATIONAL TRIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3233, 1 June 1911, Page 5

A SENSATIONAL TRIAL.

WAS THE NECKLACE STOLEN. INTERESTING EVIDENCE. MILITARY MAN AND WIFE ACCUSED OF FRAUD. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, May 30. Great interest is being taken in the trial of Lieutenant Cameron and his wife at Edinburgh, which was referred in the ,cable of February .27. Two servant girls swore that no one was near Mrs Cameron when she said that sue was* robbed of a necklace. A detective gave evidence that theft from beneath tile sealskin coat was impossible. The case was adjourned.

Letters found in Cameron’s flat were read. They were signed “Billy Walker.” The Solicitor-General remarked that these formed) the foundation of the accusation of false representation to the insurance companies. In a letter the word insurance was commenced “en ’ instead of “in,” tKe same as in Mrs Cameron’s spelling. [The- cable referred to was as follows:—As a sequel to the allegation that a lady while looking in a shop window at Edinburgh was assaulted and rubbed 'of a necklace worth £9OOO, Lieutenant- C. Aylmer Caimei-on, of the 57th Battery of Royal Field Artillery, stationed at Pierhill barracks, Edinburgh and his wife were, arrested for endeavoring to obtain insurance money for misrepresentation. The police were unable to obtain evidence of an assault. The;missing necklace was insured.]

THE CROWN’S SUGGESTIONS. A FRENCH MAID’S STORY. THE MYTHICAL “BILLY WALKER” (Received May 31, 11.40 p.m.) < LONDON, May 31. In the Cameron case the Crown suggests that an insurance was effected upon a,n 'imitation peai'l necklace obtained on ’ approval from a Regent 'Street jeweller. Amelia Blasen, a French maid, gave evidence that she had posted letters from Cannes at‘the request of Ernestine Tenes, Mrs. Cameron’s maid. The Crown suggests that these were bogus letters from, mythical “Billy Wal-; ker,” who; was untraeeable. “Walker’s” letters contain a romantic story to the effect that the pearls were the price of Mrs. Walker’s shame, and also that,‘Walker .gave them' to Mrs Cameron at his daughter’s request.