Yesterday, I visited my uncle who gave me a newspaper cutting (Oct-Dec 1938)
Can anyone advise me as to where I might find more info, please?
Quote:
"SHE WALKED TO DEATH WITH A SECRET
Miss Spink, frugal. kindly, was one of that army of elderly women who live on a little allowance and a dwindling bank account. She was sixty-one years old. Her tastes were simple, her needs few.
She lived quietly in the village of Kesgrave, near Ipswich; paid only 10s. a week to the friend with whom she lodged; regularly visited her small circle of aquaintances.
But Miss Emma Spink had a secret.
When she travelled to Ipswich she never went the whole way by bus. Instead she took only a penny fare and walked the rest of the way.
On Friday Miss Spink spent the day alone on a secret mission, then went to Ipswich.
There she walked towards the River Gipping; carefully piled her hat, bag and coat into a neat pile and walked to her death in the river.
At the inquest here today, Miss Spink's bank account was examined.
For two years, it was found she had drawn nothing. But since March this year she had withdrawn £146-and nobody knows how she spent it.
What did Miss Spink do with her money? ...
a secret act of mercy?
A sacrifice for a lost lover .. ?
She was not penniless. There was £3.10s. in her purse and £4. 10s. in her room.
She left no message. only her discarded clothes and the mystery of her bank account.
Verdict: Suicide, and the jury could not decide why."
From our own correspondent. Ipswich, Monday
Can anyone advise me as to where I might find more info, please?
Quote:
"SHE WALKED TO DEATH WITH A SECRET
Miss Spink, frugal. kindly, was one of that army of elderly women who live on a little allowance and a dwindling bank account. She was sixty-one years old. Her tastes were simple, her needs few.
She lived quietly in the village of Kesgrave, near Ipswich; paid only 10s. a week to the friend with whom she lodged; regularly visited her small circle of aquaintances.
But Miss Emma Spink had a secret.
When she travelled to Ipswich she never went the whole way by bus. Instead she took only a penny fare and walked the rest of the way.
On Friday Miss Spink spent the day alone on a secret mission, then went to Ipswich.
There she walked towards the River Gipping; carefully piled her hat, bag and coat into a neat pile and walked to her death in the river.
At the inquest here today, Miss Spink's bank account was examined.
For two years, it was found she had drawn nothing. But since March this year she had withdrawn £146-and nobody knows how she spent it.
What did Miss Spink do with her money? ...
a secret act of mercy?
A sacrifice for a lost lover .. ?
She was not penniless. There was £3.10s. in her purse and £4. 10s. in her room.
She left no message. only her discarded clothes and the mystery of her bank account.
Verdict: Suicide, and the jury could not decide why."
From our own correspondent. Ipswich, Monday
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