The Somerton Beach Body Mystery

In January 1949, Police enquiries found an unclaimed suitcase in the Cloakroom at the

Adelaide Railways Station. It was the suitcase which had been lodged there on the 30th November. The suitcase was in fairly new condition and luggage label had been removed from it. Clothing in the case matched that worn by the deceased and most of it had all identification marks removed. In the case was found a brush which was of the type used for stenciling, a knife with a sharpened point and a pair of scissors also with a sharpened point. They were of the type used by Third Officer on the Merchant ships responsible for the stenciling of cargo.