MYSTERY REVIVED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 5

MYSTERY REVIVED

BOULOGNE TRAGEDY DEATH OF MAY DANIELS (Elec. TcJ. Copyright—United Pi-ohs Assn.) LONDON, April 8. The mystery surrounding the discovery of the body of a nurse, May Daniels, on the outskirts of Boulogne on June 26, 1927, lias been dramatically revived by the arrival of Louis Ligier, bead of the Boulogne detective service, at Scotland Yard. The visit is the outcome of information given by a convict in Pankhurst prison, who stated that ho overheard a fellow convict discussing the mystery. .Detective Ligier attaches importance to the statement, as lie always considered that Nurse Daniels, who had been missing since October, 1526, was the victim of foul play. The mystery surrounding the death of Nurse Daniels intrigued Europe for months during 1927. Her body, bearing indications of strangulation, was found at Boulogne on February 26, but absolutely no clue was discovered until in April a statement was made by a man named Soliman. He, however, was subsequently charged with perjury. The body was later exhumed, and the theory of strangulation sustained. The matter then lapsed again until in August a further sensation was caused by the demand for the attendance at the adjourned inquest of Nurse McCarthy, an Englishwoman who was said to have been travelling in France with Nurse Daniuls. She, however, at first declined to attend, hut on an extradition order being granted, went to France, but her evidence was of little assistance to the authorities.