ANONYMOUS WITNESS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17126, 5 December 1929, Page 5

ANONYMOUS WITNESS

THE ST. KILDA TRAGEDY LETTER TO THE POLICE MELBOURNE, Dec. 4. The detective office has received an anonymous letter from a man who says that he saw a woman, presumably. Mrs. Biggs, on the night of November 18, kneeling in prayer at the end of St. Hilda pier. He. tried to .light. Ids pipe, but the wind was too strong. He sat on a seat and watched the woman. He then left, forgetting his pipe. 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 made no report to the police. He now had every reason to believe that shq 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 be identified with the case; hence my anonymity.” The detectives are of opinion that the writer is sincere and truthful and regret that so important a witness -is not available for the inquest. - J *