Quote Originally Posted by Ged View Post
Murphy makes a lot of the street lighting etc doesn't he in his eagerness to put WHW in the call box. He could still have been spotted though and his voice recognised. Were prints not taken from the receiver, what was the likelihood of it being used often from the time taken to make the call, to the time taken to trace the call?
Yes he does Ged and he also states that 'Wallace had to use that call-box' but I refute this. He could have used one on the way or in the city centre without the risk of being recognised/noticed compared to using Box 1627. Murphy also says that a telephone was a luxury few could afford in 1931 but I think that misses the point - some of the general public more than likely still used phones - after all they were public telephones! Much was also made that the light was broken in the kiosk but light or no light, it would seem suicidal (in every sense) for Wallace to have used it. I assume prints were taken but maybe not...The call was traced the next day? So it would be interesting to know how many people had used it in the interim. Can you imagine what that phone receiver would be worth now?