A Father's Dark Legacy Saintly or evil, everyone has a story to tell, and this is a sad one. When George Henry Biggs lost his wife, Ethel Martha (nee Mills), in January 1925, he was left with nine children to raise. Unfortunately, George was not a good father. Just a few months after burying his wife, he was brought before the court, charged with 'carnally knowing his daughter, Elsie May Biggs (13 years)'. Judge Beeby, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, upon sentencing, said
