1 8, Old Square, Lincolns Inn LONDON, W.C. May 5th 1916. The Rt. Hon. H. J. Tennant, or in his absence Ian Macpherson, Esq., M.P., War Office, WHITEHALL, S.W. My Dear Sir : I have a most urgent request from Mr. D.W.Oliver,
Manager of the Bank of Montreal, 8, Waterloo Place,
in regard to a message which he has received from his
sister Mrs. Crofke a (the wife of Colonel Crofke) now in
service at Kingstown. Mrs. a Crofke is living at their home at Birr, a town
about sixty miles from Dublin and her great anxiety is
in regard to her maid, Bessie Harte, who left Birr on
Monday Bank Holiday for Dublin and has not been heard
of since. Mrs. Crofke a cannot get a telegram through to Dublin
and urgently requests, through Mr. Oliver, that a
message may be sent from the War Office to Mrs. Egan Bernard,
of 65, Lindsay Road, Glasnevin, Dublin, TO
enquire if this lady, Mrs. Egan Bernard, knows anything
of the fate of Bessie Harte. Will you have the goodness to send a dispatch, at my 2 expense to make this enquiry and as I am leaving for Bath
this afternoon will you kindly communicate the results of the
enquiry to my friend Mr. Oliver, the Bank Manager mentioned
above. Any service that you can render will be greatly appreciated
and any expense incurred I will be personally responsible for. Yours sincerely, Donald MacMaster By Special Delivery