THE YARRA MYSTERY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8412, 11 January 1899, Page 3

THE YARRA MYSTERY.

(Electtlc Telegraph— Copyright— United Press Association.) Melbourne, Jan. 10. The Yarra mystery is deepening. A cumber of parsons identified the head as that of a Brunswick resident. The police, however, are in possession of a cable from Colombo stating that this person is aboard the German mail steamer with her husband. The identifiers now allege that her husband eloped with a barmaid.

The Yarra tragedy appears to be still shrouded in mystery. Though a number of women have been missing, the mutilated remains found floating in a boot tr&nk have not yet been satisfactorily identified ; nor has there been discovered any substantial clue to the perpetrators of this terrible crime. One of the most peculiar facts in connection with the tragedy is that, although the story of the horse and cart seen on two occasions lias been frequently referred to and widely published, no person has come forward to explain away the suspicion arising out of these discoveries. The day following the ■ discovery of the box with its gruesome contents a gentleman informed the detectives that about 7 o'clock on the evening of December 6th he had encountered a floating-rail spring cart driving along Church street, Richmond, in the direction of South Yavra. There were in the vehicle •two young men aud a girl of about 19, who was seated on a yellow trunk similar to that in which tho body was found, A few days after receiving this information the detectives were told by a gentleman who ■was pursniug entomological researches near the Cotno estate, in South Yarra, that about 10 o'clock in the evening of cither the 6th or the Bth December he had seen a cart of this description, with similar occupants, turn into Williams road from Toorak road, and drive rapidly towards the river. This statement was deemed most important, for it had been found in the meantime that the box had been seen floating in the Yarra just at the foot of Williams road the day before it was found, autl also that the ferryman at that spot had heard n. loud spltish on the night of cither the 6th or Bth December. The most extraordinary thing is that no others saw the cart further down the road. This part of South Yarra is ii favorite "lovers' Walk," and it is surprising that no one noticed the Vehicle when it passed tho last house in Williams rood.