N.S.W. MYSTERY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 11 May 1917, Page 7

N.S.W. MYSTERY

OPEN VERDICT RETURNED,

(Received May 11, 8.30 a.m.)

SYDNEY, This Day.

At an inquest on Mrs. James; whose body was found on the shore of Limekiln- Bay, George's River, Oatley, on 22nd April, an open verdict was returned. Owing to the decomposed condition of the remains it was impossible to determine the cause of death. Tlie woman had probably been dead three or four months. Her husband was unable to explain the disappearance of his wife, who was an eccentric.

-[Mrs. Sylvia Theresa James was aged .46, and had been missing since 27th January. ' Sydney Sun states:—Mrs. James left her home on 27th January with her husband, who is a cripple as a result of an accident he met with while working as a miner in the" Wollongong district-16 years ago. He was leading a horse, it being his intention to guj beyond the Cabramatta railway station/ to which Ihoy were walking, and get a .sulky. v On reaching the station, Mrs. James told' her husband that she would wait there until ho came back, but when he returned she was not there. He endeavoured to trace her, and when he failed he reported her disappearance to the local police. He also advertised for her, but could not obtain airy Information as to her whereabouts. Her body, when found, was unrecognisable, but he identified her clothing. Mrs. James, who was born at Marseilles, France, was a woman of educational and musical attainments, being a B.A. and an A.L.C.M. She came to Sydney from New Zealand, where she was. a school teacher, and was teaching at ParrarnaXta up to the time of her disappearance. She , was abo a writer, and contributed to some of the Sydney newspapers under the pen name of Dulcie Bell.]