A Mystery.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XIV, Issue 2491, 11 March 1896, Page 2

A Mystery.

Sydney, March 9. During the past month a builder named Frederick Willis, of Enmore, mysteriously disappeared from home, and left a note at the house of a friend stating that he was going to Newcastle, and intended to commit suicide by throwing himself from the steamer, a 3 he could bear his troubles no longer. Next day his wife received a letter from the police, signed by Willis, which said that in January last he had words with a Mrs Hughes while assisting her to remove furniture, and in a fit of temper he threw her downstairs. It will be remembered that the woman was found dead at the fcot of the stairs, and Willis having reported the matter to the police, an inquest was held and a verdict of accidental death was returned. Mrs Hughes was an infirm old lady. After her death her husband took the Willises to live with him, and in return for kindness and atr tent'on he willed a terrace of houses which she had possessed to Willis. The will was disputed by the deceased frienns, but Willis made gool his claim. Since the death of Mrs Hughes, Willis has been unsettled in manner, which his family attributed to religious feeling, as he was closely connected with one of the churches. As the result of enquiries, it has been ascertained that no one like Willis was a passenger by the Newcastle boat, by which he was sup? posed to have left, and no one threw himself overboard. Mrs Willis's friends credit the confession, and the police have issued a warrant for his arrest on the charge of murder.