ST. KILDA MYSTERY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 47, 5 December 1929, Page 5

ST. KILDA MYSTERY.

ANONYMOUS LETTER TO POLICE. STORY OF WOMAN'S ACTIONS. (United Press Association— Copyright.) MELBOURNE, December 4. The detective office has received an anonymous letter from a man who says that he saw a woman, presumably Mrs Biggs, on the night of November J», loieeling in prayer at the end of .bt. Hilda pun-. He tried to light his ~««e, but the wind was too strong. Ho sat on a seat and patched the woman. He then left, forgetting, his pipe. On returning for it he discovered that the woman had gone. He concluded that the only place she. could hay© disappeared was into the sea. He went home and told his wife, but made no complaint to the police. He had now every reason to believe that the woman was' Mrs Biggs, whose body was discovered in the bay, and whose, husband returned from Auckland to Melbourne yesterday in order to be present at the inquest. ~. ~, The anonymous writer .adds: "1 cannot possibly be identified with the case, hence the anonymity." . . Detectives are of the opinion that the writer is, sincere and truthful, and thev regret that so important a witness is not available for the inquest.