Walter Albert Humphrey

Walter Albert Humphrey was murdered whilst working as a night watchman at the Highway Garage in Knutsford.

It was thought that he had been knocked over the head from behind during a robbery but it was not thought that anything had been taken from the garage although it appeared that attempts had been made to force the cash drawer open. The police said, 'Someone pulled the handle off the top of a flimsy cash-box in the office. The box was not opened but the handle is missing'. It was said that the cash box had contained £5.