THE ST. KILDA MYSTERY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20892, 5 December 1929, Page 9

THE ST. KILDA MYSTERY

DEATH OF MRS BIGGS. ANONYMOUS LETTER TO POLICE. (United ‘Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) MELBOURNE, December 4. (Received Dec. 4, at 10 p.m.) The detective office has received an anonymous letter from a man who says he saw a woman, presumably Mrs Biggs, on the night of November 18, kneeling in prayer at the end of the St. Kilda pier. _ He tried to light his pipe, but the wind was too strong He sat on a seat and watched the woman. He then left, forgetting his pipe, and, on returning for it, he discovered that the woman had gone. He concluded that the only place she could have disappeared was into the sea. He went home and told his wife, but he made no complaint to the police. He now had every reason to believe that she 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; “I cannot possibly bo identified with the case, hence the anonymity.” The detectives are of opinion that the writer is sincere and truthful, and they regret that so important a witness is not available for the inquest.