Modern Robinson Crusoe
HAN NOT SEEN HUMAN BEING EOS 23 YEARS.
GERMAN COUNT’S STRANGE LIFE
United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Thursday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 3. A remarkable story of the discovery of Modern Robinson Crusoe on the island of Anao in the Indian Ocean comes from the Berlin correspondent of the Morning Post. It is recorded that an air mail pilot who was driven from his course which lay between Singapore and Fremantle descended on the island and immediately on landing he was accosted by a long-bearded man clothed in sackcloth and was requested to leave immediately. The airman learned that the recluse was a German count, formerly a captain of the German mercantile marine. He sailed to Australia in 1909 to escape distraction because of his wife’s unfaithfulness. He set out from Fremantle in a small boat with provisions, arms and instruments. He encountered a small island and decided to remain there. He lived on cocoanuts, shellfish and tortoises, and had not seen a human being for 23 years. He showed great interest on hearing for the first time of the World War.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6645, 4 September 1931, Page 7
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