CHARLESWORTH CASE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 5

CHARLESWORTH CASE.

■;■:■'. DAUGHTER 'AND.' MOTHER ';' !. ' . : ;-"-.'. ;;•.;' By Telecraph—Pross'Aaaobiation—Copyrieht. , '■ ; .-:;■'. : ;•'■-■;'■' London, -February 8.;. ■Violet-.ChaTlesworth and. her mother hayeibeen arrested on "a;'charge of obtaining money at Derby by false ■tences'. , : ■;.■■-'f^;:-,,'' ; . : '! '.' ,: ■i '; .:'■".'?'■ '■■. "MYTHICAL MEN OF\F;oRTUNE; : ; : ; ..Miss. Violet Charlesworth was theprinoipal figure, in what came-to be known as the Welsh oliff-mj'stery. On' January 2, .1909, Mis:i Charlesworth; accompanied by her, sister," Miss Lilinn Charlesworth, and a ■ chauffeur, left.' their : '••' at Boderw, St. Asaph, North Wales,..for -arun. -Twenty miles away,'at Penmaenbach' Point,, whore, there ; is-a gapinthe low wall dividing the road from the cliff edge, the , car is alleged to have■ run, into a gap in-the wall,. and \Miss Violet, who was driving, to have been'pitched right through the glass wind screen over the cliff. The'chauffeur and; the elder Miss , Charlesworth—the only, witnesses'to the. "accident"— were found lying 'apparently, dazed, and were l driven to. a nursing home at Penmnenmawr. This home they left in.a motor-car■■at i , o'clock the next morning.: .•,/,..' : ;: .".•■•'■ '.'■ Search failed to find the body of Miss Charlcsworth. The calmness of the sister, and the family was remarked, and eventually the' coholusiori was arrived at that there had been no fatality at any rate. . At the same; time,' the creditors !of Miss tChaflesworth became clamorous. • Shq had lived in great stylo with motor-cars, .and owned many St. Bernard dogs. Outwardly she, was 'always very flush of money. Where sho obtained it from. was a• "niystery. ■ ■ Sometimes it was by stock exchange speculations,.at,othor times it. had. been left to her, by her be-.-trothed, Vincent Taviirner, who had died while on the way from South Africa. ■ -

She was noted for a bnd habit of forgctfulnoss in leaving her' , tradesmen's bills unpaid. Sho was • traced to Scotland, and eventually at Oban ' she acknowledged her identity. She then returned to London. She was foree'd into the Bankruptcy Court, but did not attend a number of examinations, alleging illness, principally nerve trouble. ; In October she'.'attended, and it'wns; stated thut thn total liabilities were and this defioienoy JIIO.iSG. The debtor alleged that. she had great expectations from several gentlemen; including;<6lss,v 000 from Mr. Alexander Macdonald, who ■was last heard 'of ini Melbourne.' The Official -Receiver suggested ■• that ■ thes» gentlemea. are mythical.' " •" " '