MELBOURNE MYSTERY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 9

MELBOURNE MYSTERY

WOMAN SEEN PRAYING ON ST. KILDA PIER •

PRESUMABLY MRS. BIGGS MELBOURNE, Wednesday. The detective office has received an ; anonymous letter from a man who says j he saw a woman, presumably Mrs. W. ! H. A. Biggs, on the evening of November IS kneeling in prayer at the end of St. Kilda Pier. He tried to light his pipe, but the wind was too strong. He sat on a seat and watched the woman. He then left, but forgot his pipe. On returning for it he discovered that the woman had gone. He concluded that the only place where she could have disappeared was into the sea. He went home and told his wife, hut made no report to the police. He now had every reason to believe that she was Mrs. Biggs, whoSe body was discovered in the bay, and whose husband returned from Auck- ; land to Melbourne yesterday, in order to be present at the inquest concerning her death. The anonymous writer adds: “I cannot possibly be identified with the case, hence my anonymity.” The detectives arc of opinion that the writer is sincere and truthful, and regrets that so important a witness is not available for the inquest.