THE BODY OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGNER was found in Hyde Park  this past Tuesday, the 14th victim in a series of bizarre slayings.  The body was discovered less than fifty yards from Speaker's Corner , concealed beneath a gazebo.

Though Inspector James Barrington of the Yard had no immediate comment, sources exclusive to The Scoop agreed that the victim had been beaten severely by one or more assailants and then stabbed through the heart.

This series of murders has continued over the space of three years, to the bafflement of our faithful Metropolitans.  Must we hope that Mr. Sherlock Holmes, though reported by Mr. Doyle to be in retirement, will one last time rise to the defense of our majestic isles?

Readers of The Scoop are reminded that this esteemed journal has a standing reward for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the perpetrators, in an amount now risen to £24 with the latest death.  Be on guard!
 
 

                                                                                                                                                                    - THE SCOOP, Feb. 2, 1925