5 FEBRUARY 1954, Page 16

JOHN GLOACI

3 The Mall, East Sheen, S.W.14 [Many letters have been received on this burning topic. An apology is due to our readers for Watson's faulty memory. He was, of course, confusing the 1887 incident with the fearful series of crimes committed on the old London and Chatham railway by the man known as the Ghoul of Gillingham.—Editor, Spectator.]