THE JAVA MYSTERY

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1925, Page 1

THE JAVA MYSTERY

Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.]

WKFTERYREDE.Y. Sept. 22. Airs Alaofie. the wife of the Spanish Consul at. Sydney, who was murdered, arrived here on Sept. 13th. Site went

to stay at a village hotel at Garoct, a small health resort. She had dinner at the hotel on Friday evening, aft u' which nothing was seen of her. I’lie

hotel manager on Saturday afternoon i! knocked nl the door of lier room, ind _ received no answer. He forced an _ entry, am! found her luidy with many k severe wounds on her throat and arms, A robbery theory is considered on tenable. because her beautiful wristlet watch and her purse remained untouched. though a pair of ear-rings and a small souvenir basnet were missing. A watchman states he saw a light in the room at o'clock on Saturday morning the door being closed, while at (! o’clock the door was open, and the room then was dark. She is supposed to have been murdered l>etween these hours. A letter from a compatriot Australian whom the deceased met on tho llatavia was found in the room torn to fragments hut it threw no light on the crime. .Native hotel servants upon whose clothing a few red spots were found, have been arrested. The spots are being tested to see whether they are Wood. The police are convinced, owing to the methods used that the murder was not the work of a native. SYDNEY. Kept, ilil. Air Alacfie. Spanish Consul, referring io the. death of his wife in Batavia in an hotel, said he was determined to use

every moans in liis power to discover the motive for the crime Keoorit, letters from liis wife indicated flint- she was tm joying her tour, ami was eagerly Inokiner forward to her return to Sydney. Robbery could hardly bo the motive She had little jewellery, and possibly £IOO in Cook's circular notes, lie cannot understand why anybody should want to kill her, unless it was a T’loMievist who might think there was some virtue in removing a Consul’-' wife.