Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1934, Page 7

Indicted BARONESS' DEATH | [ todiciea__ HINTED IN REPORT Possessions of Woman and Friend Sold on Isle, Captain Says. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 17.—The possibility the Baroness Eloise Bons- quet de Wagner, 36, and her com- panion, Robert Philipson, 22, may be dead and their bodies hidden in one of the many caves once used by pirates on equatorial Charles Island today confronted officials of the Republic of Ecuador. The first official report of the Gala- pagos death mystery involving Alfred Rudolph Lorenz of Paris and Trygve Nuggrud, Norwegian of Wreck Bay, Chatham Island, as well as the dis- appearance of the baroness and Philip- son, also of Paris, has been placed in the hands of Ecuadorean government Island officials at Chatham. ‘This information was radioed to the Associated Press by Capt. G. Allen Hancock, Los Ang~'es, who is visiting the Galepagos Archipelago with a Smithsonian Institution scientific party. Last Seen in March. ‘The major phases of this report, compiled from testimony of the two other woman residents of Charles Island, follows: First—The baroness and Philipson were last seen alive on Charles Island | March 28. Second—Lorenz was absent on that day when the two said they expected to leave the islands on a yacht for the South Seas. Third—The islanders know of no yacht leaving the island at that time. Fourth—Lorenz immediately after- ward sold possessions of the baroness .and Philipson to the other four adult Inhabitants of the isle of self-exile. Fifth—These other island exiles have no knowledge of whether the “baroness and Philipson are dead or alive. The official report, Capt. Hancock advised the Associated Press, con- sisted of testimony of Frau Dore Strauch Koerwein and Margaret ‘Whittmer, also known as Whittman. ‘They said Lorenz early in March came "to the Wittmer abode and said there was not enough water in the house- hold of the baroness, and that he had been driven away without water or food. Possession Sold. Later, the report continued, Lorenz sold various possessions of the baroness to them and to Dr. Fried- erich Ritter, first of the self exiles to make the island his home, and who died of a stroke on November 21. July 11 Lorenz left the island with Nuggrud and a colored boy in Nug- grud’s. little motor sailing craft and they visited Acadamy Bay, Indefatig- able Island, to the north, leaving there July 13. They were not seen again until the mummified bodies of the two men were found November 17 on Marchena Island, far to the north, by a tuna fishing clipper from San Diego, Calif. Fishermen say there are numerous caves on Charles Island, used by pirates centuries ago, and that if the baroness and Philipson were slain their bodies would be hidden in such caves and would be, found only after & well-organized hunt by a large force. DISTRESSED VESSEL IS BELIEVED SAFE Lumber Steamer With 38| Aboard Heads for Puget Sound. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, Wash,, December 17.— The British steamer Cape Ortega, ,which sent. out distress signals last night when a shifting deck load of lumber endangered the vessel 400 miles off the Washington coast, was able to turn about and head later for Puget Sound. Within 30 minutes the Empress of Asia, big transpacific liner, reported it was within the vicinity and was rushing to the stricken vessel's aid. Two Japanese freighters also were known to be near the vessel. No storm or heavy weather was known to be in the vicinity. 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