THE YARRA MYSTERY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18343, 8 March 1923, Page 7

THE YARRA MYSTERY.

EVIDENCE AT INQUEST. WOMAN WHO SAW GIRL DIE. £300 TO DISPOSE OF BODY, By Telegraph—Press A Monition—Copyright. (Received 11.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE, March 7. The inquest into *he death of a girl, whoso body was found in the River Yarra at the beginning of last month, was resumed to-day. The body was presumed at first to be that of Bert/ha Coughlan, but Mr. John Coughlan later stated that he was certain that the body was not that of his daughter. Three women are under arrest in connection with the girl's death. Hannah Mitchell is charged with having murdered the girl in November, and Margaret Mitchell and Margaret Milward are charged with being accessories after the fact. Giving evidence at the inquest today, Mrs. Milward, who is a sister of the accused, Mitchell, gave evidence that she was at Mitchell's home on the night. a girl died. She saw the girl die and helped to convey her body to a gully. While in the girl's room she saw two medicine bottles with the name " Miss Coughlan" on them and a soldier's medal inscribed "J. Coughlan." Witness added that later Mitchell told her that she had given £300 to some men to remove the body from the gully, and that it had been put in a well. On another occasion Mitchell told her that tihe bodyhad been again removed and that nobody would be able to identify it.