A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. •

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11683, 9 September 1903, Page 8

A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. •

REV. J. M. MARSHALL'S CASE. Ye.-U.rday Lispector Gillies, of Ciiristchurch, received two telegrams with regard lo the disappearance of the Rev. J. M. Marshall. The hrst, from Inspector Cullen, of Auckland, stated —"Only one passenger named Marshall travelled by the Mararoa from Lyttelton to Wellington.'' The second, from Inspector Ellison, of Wellington, stated that a man named Clayton, who claims to know the Rev. Mr Mai-shall well, declares positively that he saw the missing clergyman last Friday, in Wellington. In the face of this last telegram, it is considered possible that Mr Marshall may liave travelled steerage by the Mararoa. He could hardly have gone North by —c Rotomahana, which left for Wellington last Thursday, as that vessel did not arrive at her destination until after the liour when Mr Clayton thought he saw Mr Aiaxshall. The search for the missing gentleman in the neighbourhood of Opawa was resumed yesterday by a party of eight police, under Sergeant Bourke, of Sydenham, and a large body of civilians. Lectures were suspended for the morning at Canterbury College, to allow all the students to, join in the search. About thirty persons scoured the country between Ferry road and New Brighton, in the most thorough manner possible. The tunnel was also carefully explored, and otlier searchers pursued operations on the hills as far as Redcliffs. All these efforts were absolutely reioiltless. (I'RESS ASSOCIATION- TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, September 8. With regard to the singular disappearance of the Rev. J. M. Marshall, on acquaintance, Mr F. W. Clayton, writes to "Times," that uidess Mr Marshall has a double, he feels certain that he saw him in a Wellington street last Thursday or Friday morning.