Mrs. Coltsfoot’s Neighbour SAM GRIEVE
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ISSING: Mrs. Elspeth Coltsfoot, 45, of Hedrington Hall, North Hants, discovered missing on the 22nd of June by her maid, Miss Elizabeth Smith. Mrs. Coltsfoot has not been seen publically for a number of years, following the death of her husband Major Felix (Roarer) Coltsfoot, deceased in the Second Boer War. Detectives are following a number of leads, but are keen to receive any information that can be provided on the whereabouts of a neighbour, a Mr. Goodfellow, with whom Mrs. Coltsfoot had a correspondence. A reward of 100 pounds for her safe return has been offered by Mrs. Coltsfoot’s nephew, the Rev. Archibald Hume, of Chelsea, London. Please contact the North Hants Constabulary, Aldershot. (Extract from the Times Newspaper, 24th June, 1920)
Hedrington Hall North Hants Thursday 6th May 1920 Dear Sir, Whilst I have not received any official notification from the village, it has come to my attention that someone has moved into the cottage that abuts my estate. Eglantine has been empty for many years so I was surprised to see, as I took my coffee in the morning room, a plume of blue smoke arising from the chimbley pot. I look forward to receiving your introduction by way of a letter as I am disinclined to attend to visitors. Yours cordially, Mrs. Elspeth Coltsfoot Widow
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