Today in the Pace case: 16 March -- 'gossip and rumour'

Friday, 16 March 1928: From an article appearing in the Dean Forest Guardian ('The Fetter Hill Mystery'), a reference to the work of the two detectives in the case:

‘The “Yard” men have already satisfied themselves that a good deal of what had been regarded as definite evidence amounted to nothing more than gossip and rumour, often emanating from fifth and sixth hand sources.’