Bernard Von Rotter.

Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10591, 8 September 1906, Page 1

Bernard Yon Rotter.

HOW HE WENT MISSIDNTG,

Inquiries made by the Wellington police show tliSafat 8 a-m- on Wednesday last,Ton;Rotter was seen to land at. Day's Bay from the ferry steaim.eir- • Lying; on the beaiali ait- the time was a AvMte 'boat, painted red inside, 'belonging! to. Mr Coog'aji, of Ron* Bay, ] a Mend of Voni Rotter's, and wEbmi he often, visited- Thouigili. the latter was not seem to take tile boat, he was • shortly after 1 seen in it ait R'ona Biay-. Appai^eiatly, ■he landed tHere, and goin:g to.ai sihed at the rear of Mr Coogam's premises (neither that gen'tlenuain nor any of his family being .at home) took the brown, sail belonging j to the boat- At ar. : y Hate, tMs sail j wasi afterwards miisssd- - At Rton>a Bay Yon Roittei' pur'chiaseil. tw'6 loaves of bread and some cigarettes- Has man- ; ncr, acicordingl to> one or two people . ■who saw ihiimi was sti-ai cc, and Be is' I said, to hiaive complained f trouble of , I some kind-' ; Yon Rotter was. next :an, bjr sev- , I eral people o-ut. in^ the 1 -t soime 'dis- i tamcie tVonii th© sihbre w! ..'i the. sail ! set 5n an unskilful manner—-so much so a® to ciaiuise one •oibserven" t» r'eiiiiark "tliait was tlxe way people got lost at sea-" It was after 1 this that the boat a,nd its occupants were seen., first from; thie signal station and then by some' Island Bay fishermen. Since .■ them the wihei'eabo^its of Yon Rotter hiais remained a mystery, aaid there is reason to fear that he has been lost at sea- . It is stated that the boat i wiaß ai very good sea craft, mud not. likely to capsize, but ag!ainst that fact t'li.er:e is the one thimt Yon Rotter did not take bhe danitre-boaird with, himWilien last seen, tih'e 'missing m!a» was wearing a grey suit, soft shirt* and tweedl cap- His description is as follows: Freshi complexion, fair m'aus- , tache, 'blue eyes, and pointed fea-' tures—especially .the ohiin- He was , sft 7an in lieighit- His wife, wh'o're-'j portedl his absence from' 'home fo: this' ( policfe, has two^ children.