George Edward Heath
October 07, 1944
London, England

George Edward Heath, London, Oct. 7, 1944.  Shot to death near Staines.  An
American soldier named Gustav Hulton and his 17-year-old English girlfriend,
Georgina Grayson were convicted of his murder and sentenced to death.
Hulton was hanged, but Grayson was reprieved and paroled in 1954.  The
murder was sensationalized as the "Cleft Chin Murder".  Mr. Heath had a
prominent cleft in his chin, and this is how he was described before his
name became public.  George Orwell wrote about the case in his essay, "The
Decline of English Murder".  A Google search on "cleft chin murder" brings
up several hits.  Grayson wanted to be a stripper, but as Orwell acidly
remarks she gave only one unsuccessful performance in this line.  The story
became the basis for the 1990 Kiefer Sutherland movie "Chicago Joe and the
Showgirl".

Heath drove an unlicenced taxi, was hailed on Hammersmith Broadway.

Hulton was a deserter from the US military, was executed by the British.

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Heath, George Edward

CAT[00] K
EY["taxi driver" murder]
MD[1944-11-xx]
PD[1944-11-28]
VIC[Heath, George Edward]
SUS[Hulton, Karl Gustav / Jones, Elizabeth]
TI[Yank, British Stripteaser on Trial in Murder]
PU[The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Nov 28, 1944.
  pg. 9, 1 pgs]
DL[Feltham, England, Nov. 27]
LOC[England London]
WC[376]
AB[Feltham, England, Nov. 27 (U.P.). An American paratrooper from Boston,
  Pvt. Karl Gustav Hulten, 22, and a pretty 18-year-old British striptease
  actress whose soldier husband is overseas, appeared in Magistrates Court
  today charged with "deliberate cold-blooded murder" of a taxidriver.]

Article citation tags per Noman Beattie 2006

CAT = Category; 01=add to memorial list
KEY = Keywords / phrases used in search
MD = Murder date (YYYY-MM-DD)
PD = Article pubication date (YYYY-MM-DD)
VIC = Victim(s) name(s)
SUS = Suspect(s) name(s)
TI = Article title
AU = Author credit
PU = Citation (publication, date, etc.)
DL = Dateline
WC = Word count
LOC = Home base of cab driver or site of murder
AB = Article summary

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See also:

"An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in
the Second World War" by Donald Thomas, book published by John Murray
Publishers (London) 2005

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