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COPY. T.E. 9722/7.

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RFC 21 SEP 15

CENTRAL POLICE OFFICE,

TOWN HALL,

BRADFORD.

15th September, 1915.

To the Under Secretary of State,

Home Office,

THITEHALL, S.V.

437

gir.

Re:

the late Mr. W.E. Scharff.

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, and to inform you that I have caused en uiries to be made, and find that the late Mr. Scharff was born at Leeds in 1852, his parents being German subjects, and died in June 1914. His widow, who resides at "Monkbarns", Weeklands Road, Harrogate, is the

daughter of Mr. Joseph Oddy, a well nown manufacturer, of

Birkenshaw, near Bradford,

Messrs. Edward Scherff & Co. Limited, carry on

businas as Stuff and Woollen Merchants, their registered

office being at 56, Harris Street, in this City, the firm

being comprised of Mrs. Scharff; Mr. Thomas Campbell,

Grassington; and Mr. F.M. Hood, Ilkley, who are all

British subjects. The employees consist wholly of

British subjects,

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

(Signed) Josh. Farndale.

Chief Constable.

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