1931
A mysterious gentleman using the name ‘Mr Donald’ checks into the Commonwealth Hotel after arriving in Ipswich on Saturday night on May 2. After requesting a room, ‘Mr Donald’ asked Hotelier Mr Bentham to see that he was not disturbed, nor woken for breakfast. Hotel staff discovered the man dead on Monday morning from a gunshot to the head. The case has never been solved and the man’s true identity has never been established.