TRAGEDY AT BATTERSEA

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1924, Page 3

TRAGEDY AT BATTERSEA

(USTRAUAN AND N Z. CARLE ASROCIAT'ON

t Received this day at * a.m.) LONDON. Sept. 7

The Battersea t ragedv continues to lie the nll-ahairhiug topic ol discussion. It occupies columns in the newMiapers. It is now nscertaioed that the g' l ' l Peggy was onlv 211. tall and slim with lobbed hair. She attracted the attention of the neigh! IS. She wore a maid's uniform, lint, always with, tin* jiir of a mnsieal enmeilv heroine, tem-per,-trilv in disguise. The ooli'c discnvererl a, gold <v>*ldin*r ring in » sealed envelope at tile l , "tl*on ol I * mink, lot are unable at present to discover is signifiranre. Her relatives j ;ii’n ol any marriayv 1 nmnv. In Joshua's iio*-ket was found a | blank cheque, to which importance is attached, owing to the relereiiee to] mouov matters in letters liiuinl ill his handwriting. The letters numbered nenrlv a dozen, but always wen* ol the briefest. Thcv began “Mv darling.” and referred to iinnoi'ilne'iits. It ' s known that Joshua frei|i!**iitly met the irirl oulsido Iho mansions. Tho “Sunday Xmvs M says .Toslrna went to the l! - :t on .Monday night, and had a runner of bacon and eggs. A mist mortem explained that- a slow death o-oiirrod thr'*e or four hours after tin* hill m- meal. The “Sunday Express” says the tlieorv is that the «'irl having been on intimate terms, anticipated marriage, but learning this was impossible owing to Joshua hoim' a married man. shot him ami liorneif. On the other hand if is stated that Pe-'gv had known Joshua for three years and knew be was mnrri'sl and declared if she could not have him site would end her lilc and hsi. Joshua was a wealth) - Jew. will! recetltlv retired from the Directorship of a West End furnishing <Olll- - He spoil mn-h time golfing with Mrs Joshua, who is also wealthy, and a relative of the kite Sir Ernest Cnssol. who left her I’m* thousand anniiallv. The marriage of Joshua's damditer. Catherine, last- November at St Margaret’s.’ Westminster, was a fashionable event, attended by I ndv I.anise Moiintbatten and otlier titled pponle. Joshua gave the bride away. The caretaker of the Mansions states Foggy told I:i*■! she was an orplmn and Imd"been left in the guardianship of a wealthv man. who allowed her £8 weekly. She lidded tli.it, the man wanted to marry Inn - . Lot she preferred to Ik* free. An inquest will he held on Tuesday,