SENSATION AMONG THE PASSENGERS.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13654, 20 February 1913, Page 5

SENSATION AMONG THE PASSENGERS.

KNIGHT'S IDENTITY UNSUS-

PECTED

1 HIS POPULARITY G-ONE

Reoe-ived Feb. 19, 11.5 p.m.)

Capetown, Feb. 19.,

A sensation wa3 caused among the 610 passengers on the Port Lincoln, who were ignorant of Knight's identity until interviewers and photographers boarded the vessel, and searched for the so-called "Lhoney mooning couple." The captain arid the wireless operator alono weTo aware of his identity.

Knight was the prime mover in Bports and whifct drives, and presided at a concert on the voyage. He told the interviewers, "I suppose I will get threemonths in Australia for giving a false name."

He reiterated the rescue work story, and said he was compelled for the purpose to drass as a loafer and frequent public houses. Miss Grimes waa the only woman who; understood him. His deposit with the Victorian office represented his entire savings, and he was able to account for every penny. Miss: Grimes was reticent .and depressed. Knight's popularity has collapsed. |He spent the evening in town under tieusual emigration. permit. He left thequayside in a motor car, being followed by the jeers of Ms fellow passengers.