New York, Mar. 19.
Mr. Tugen Boissevain, husband of Edna St. Vincent Millay, famous poetess, sent a letter to the "New York Herald-Tribune" today reporting that he and his wife had seen what they believed was either the German pocket battleship Deutschland or Admiral Von Scheer off the coast of Tortola, Virgin Islands, March 9 The warship, he said, flew only a yellow banner and halted three miles from St. Johns Island, a United States possession. A black freighter sud denly appeared alongside the warship and remained for over four hours, Mr. Boissevain reported.
British authorities were notified of the appearance of the warcraft but British ships were unable to reach the island in time to investigate because of the location of Tortola, he wrote—United Press.
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