MISSING WOMAN
DETECTIVES' SEARCH FAILS SUSPECTED VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY (From Our Own Correspondent) SYDNEY, Aug. 23. Unsuccessful inquiries in every Australian State and New Zealand have been made by the police in an effort to trace Mrs Florence Evelyn Lusted, 46, who was last seen at Medlow, on'the Blue Mountains, on April 5. Detective Sergeant Nye, of Sydney, who is in charge of the investigations, is now considering a theory that she has been the victim of foul play. According to reports made to the police, Mrs Lusted boarded a train at Medlow on April 5. She was seen off by her husband, and she told him that she intended to leave him for ever. She had about £6O in her possession, portion of which, her husband stated, he had given to her. Detective Sergeant Nye has ascertained that no ticket was issued by the Railways Department from Medlow on the day that Mrs Lusted left, but the records show that some person paid excess fare from Medlow to Katoomba, because he or she did not have the regulation ticket for that trip. On March 26 Mrs Lusted opened an account at a Katoomba bank, but this account has not been operated. Letters which Mrs Lusted wrote to friends and relatives in Sydney suburbs are now in the possession of the police. In each of them Mrs Lusted wrote that she intended to leave Medlow. She stated also that she intended to visit the recipients of the letters, but she has not done so. Her photograph and her description have been circulated throughout Australia, but no one has reported having seen her.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23593, 1 September 1938, Page 22
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