Wanted for Murder

Wanted
The Monocled Mutineer - never been caught!
Extracted from The Police Gazette, 1920.
Portrait of a Person Wanted Wilful Murder	For murder of a taxi-cab driver - Francis Edmunson, aliases Percy Francis, Bennison, Wiliam Wilson, Jones, Topley, Taylor and Pte. Percy Francis Toplis. Reg.No. E.M.T. 54262, M.T. R.A.S.C., Bulford Camp, C.R.O. No. S/139484, age 24 (looks older), 5ft 7in., c. fresh, h. lt. brown, slight fair ginger moustache (may now be clean shaven), e. blue, fair eyebrows, mole under chin, scar back rt. hand, believed 2 teeth missing front upper jaw, and bottom teeth false, medium build.
May be posing as an officer of the Royal Air Force, or dressed as a civilian in a smart blue serge suit. Very plausible and bombastic. On occasions wears a gold-rimmed monocle. Believed to be in possession of a No. 6 Webley revolver. Native of Chesterfield. Pre. con. of fraud, larceny, and attempted rape at Mansfield, Chesterfield, Alford (Lincs) - (Percy Toplis), Annan - (Francis Edmunson), Pateley Bridge - (William Dennison), and Nottingham - (Percy Francis Toplis alias John Henry Williams). May be found at soldiers hostels, hotels, boarding houses, etc.
Portrait of a Person Wanted Wilful Murder	For the murder of a taxi-cab driver, night of 24th ult. - Francis Edmunson, aliases percy Francis Toplis, etc. Please have inquiries made at all Recruiting Depots in the country as he may attempt to re-enlist. Has a gold tooth rt. upper jaw.
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