CHARGE OF BIGAMY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19969, 10 December 1926, Page 11

CHARGE OF BIGAMY

CAPTAIN ROBERTSON ARRESTED. AVIATION EPISODE RECALLED. (Frest Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.} SYDNEY, December 8. Captain Robertson, when he arrived at the hospital to-day for treatment of the injuries he received by his fall, was arrested on a charge of bigamy. The accused was well known some years ago in a suburb of Sydney. A message received on October 14 stated: Captain Robertson, who arrived here form Auckland to arrange for a flight from Sydney to New Zealand, fell from a fourth floor window at the Aero Club’s building in the city, landing on on a verandah roof. He was carried through a window on the first floor and admitted to hospital in a serious condition. Mystery suTrounds the accident. When he arrived by the LTimaroa Captain Robertson said he was going to make a flight from La Pcrouse to New Zealand. He also said he was suffering from a nervous breakdown, and would take a couple of weeks’ holiday. He called at the offices of the Aero Club, but apparently he transacted no business. His presence on the premises was first made known by the crash of his falling body. Another message received the following day stated that Captain Hughes, president of the New South Wales Aero Club, stated that Robertson called on him to discuss the flight scheme. Robertson was closely questioned by Captain Hughes, who came to the conclusion that many of Robertson’s statements would not bear verification. Captain Hughes, in the presence of witnesses, told him ho was an impostor, and that to safeguard the interests of aviation he would get in touch with the police. Robertson then leapt out of the window of Captain Hughes’s office. He struck the top of the oriel window on the third floor, rebounded, and crashed on the awning level with the first floor. When they were discussing the details Captain Hughes found that the whole proposal was vague; and Robertson was then questioned regarding statements which had appeared in the New Zealand newspapers to the effect that the Aero Club of Australia was providing him with a machine. Robertson denied making such statements. After being closely questioned Robertson admitted that he had never been in the Flying Corps, and then as Captain Hughes turned to telephone the police ue leapt through the window.