THE EVENTS

RONALD LIGHT

AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME (6.30pm) there was a man, 34years old, who lived in Leicester. He went out for a cycle ride and arranged to be back by 8.00pm.

On his bicycle, the man turned left onto London Road. He cycled through Stoneygate and Oadby to Great Glen. He turned left and proceeded towards Gartree Road. He turned left on to Gartree Road. This would have taken him back to Leicester again. He looked at his watch before he reached Great Stretton.He realised he would be home too soon. He decided to return through Houghton-on-the-Hill. He turned right (left). (The then OS map is different to nowadays as the road has since been improved.)

At about 6.45pm he reached Little Stretton.
(11/7/1920 - Daily Post).

George William Measures

GEORGE WILLIAM MEASURES was Bella's Uncle.

He had been a well-known figure in the locality. He had had a large and bushy beard. Sadly he had lost his right leg below the knee and walked with the aid of a walking stick and a peg leg. George was married to one of Kenus Wright's sisters.

To visit George Measures - `A perfect stranger.'

FROM: `Behind the Bar, Bowker' - Bella had called at her uncle's house about 7.30pm and was accompanied by a man on a green bicycle.

James Evans, son in law had noticed the bicycle ridden by the man and observed certain special features about it. He was able to give a full description of the man and his bicycle.

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Bella Wright had told her family that the man who had ridden up with her was `a perfect stranger' to her.

Apparently both Measures and Evans came to the door. They heard the stranger say `Bella, you have been a long time. I thought you had gone the other way.' At the trial, when questioned by the judge, Evans said he was certain the first word was `Bella' not `hello.' (Chapt. 2- w.e)

Bella and the stranger rode off together and the girl was never seen alive again.

THE prosecution failed to place Light with the girl at the time of her death (pg.405 - Life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, by E.Majoribanks.)

DR WILLIAMS - The Evidence

FROM: `The Green Bicycle Case by H.Wakefield' - Dr.E.K.Williams of Billesdon stated he received a telephone message about 10-11pm from Joseph Cowell and later went to Gartree Road (TIME) where he saw P.C.Hall loading the body on to a milk float. He made only a casual examination to satisfy himself that a death had taken place. In his opinion death had occurred within 1hr half.

The next day, he met P.C.Hall at the chapel (pg 61). He made a detailed examination and found a small puncture wound on the left cheek and a larger wound on the top of the head. The small punctured wound would admit an ORDINARY LEAD PENCIL which passed inwards and backwards to another OVAL WOUND 1half ins long x half ins wide.

There was some discolouration around the face wound. He took the SKIN AWAY and extracted tiny pieces of metal. There was no sign of bruising on the body. There were scratches on the left hand and wrist and left cheek caused by GRAVEL.

The Dr thought it was about quarter to 11pm or 11.15pm when he met Cowell. The Dr then produced the actual piece of skin showing the wound where the bullet entered to the Court. He had not much experience of gunshot wounds. (pg 62). It was a clean cut hole in the skull and had a small EXIT hole.