THE SAVIDGE REPORTS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sea,—In
your issue of July 21st you say :— ".It is also to be noted that, though Miss Savidge was said to have returned home after the interrogation at Scotland Yard in a state of _collapse, she was able to take part in a conference that evening with Sir Leo Money, at which her version of what happened at Scotland Yard was considered for presentation in the House of Commons."
That is not what took place. I called on the Savidges at midnight, having learned late in the evening of the police interrogation. I found Mr., Mrs., and Miss Savidge in great distress and all quite unable to talk. Miss Savidge was ill, Mrs. Savidge in tears, and Mr. Savidge suffering from the reopening of a War wound. I learned nothing, save that Miss Savidge had been taken to Scotland Yard and that she had been in the hands of the police for over six hours. I was at the house for some ten or twelve minutes only. I did not hear Miss Savidge's story until the following morning, when she told it in my presence to her solicitor. There was no " conference " whatever, or any interference by me whatsoever in the telling of the story. Before I arrived on the night of May 15th, Mr. Savidge, as he testified, had determined that the solicitor must advise on what had occurred. The lady's account was taken down from her own lips by a short- hand-writer, whose notes were offered in evidence. The suggestion that the matter should be brought before Parlia- ment did not conic from me.
I know that your mistake was unintentional, and I am sure that you will be good enough to publish this correction.
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