The sun., 1907-08-18
HOW COLELL GOT ON The SHIP,
AT SEA, HE SAYS; AT THE NEW
YORk PIER, SAWS CAPTAIN.


Inss az He Swan and SWAN ON Rock
away-Capt. Ingrams Contradiction.
Much amusement was caused at Rocka-
way Park yesterday by the trip Of Edward
Hugo Colell, the well known Brooklyn
musician, who left his home at Rockaway
soon after midnight Wednesday morning
attired presumably only in bathing suit
and turned up aboard the Clyde Line steam
ship Huron. which left New York Wednes-
day afternoon and arrived at Charleston.
s. c., yesterday. At Mr.. Colell's house
yesterday it was said that so far as they
knew the only way he could have got to the
steamer was by swimming The finding
of Mr.. Colell's bathrobe on the beach seem
ingly had convinced the family that he had
been picked up at sea.
AThe air of mystery got severe Jolt when
the Huron arrived at its destination yester-
day. To a representative OF The Sun
Colell said that he had been swimming of
Rockaway about l o'clock Wednesday
morning and, becoming exhausted. was
unable 70 reach shore. In his plight he was
picked up by fishing boat of the coast Of
New Jersey and later taken aboard the
Huron.
This story got rise out OF Capt. Ingram
OF the Huron. who declared that Colell
went aboard the vessel at the New York
pier and that the Huron did not stop to pick
up anybody after sailing When the pureer
called to collect the tickets. Ingram went
IN. "A IL 4 -
and didn't know how he had come to be on
the vessel He was dressed as a man
might be for a fishing trip. in old clothes
but had a roll Of money and paid his passage
to Charleston. Also he sent ~ wireless
message TO his wife.
Colell seemed TO be in n highly nervous
state, it was said. at Charleston, but talked
nationally and gave minute details OF his
feelings in the water. He AYERS he was
there for about an hour. He said that he
expected TO leave for New York yesterday
afternoon.
Charley Woblock, life guard at Cirley's
Hotel, Rockaway Park, an expert swimmer
who has won half dozen medals for gal
lantry in the life saving line, was Interested
in Colelrs story as told above.
HE must have been a corking fine swim
mer or had a barrel of nerve IL he ever
started ont on a night like Wednesday"
said Woblock. 1T was the coldest night
of the summer. The waves rolled high.
and doubt If a man could have kept ahoat
more than fifteen minutes in that gale with
out going under. 1t wasn't any kind OF a
night to take swim, tell you that And
any way, say fellow was blown out OF his
course. with a norther' wind that was
swashing things up. he would come nearer
pool than Jersey
Carl Colell, n son, left Rockaway Park
soon after O'Clock Friday night for
Charleston and was due there some time
yesterday. Mrs. ColeIl, it was said, was
prostrated over her husbands queer jaunt
and was confined TO her bed. The house,
which is large and Of the type Of prosperous
seashore cottages, Ii located in Tenth street
Just of Triton avenue, which fronts the
beach, and is only few hundred feet from
the sea.
Little else was talked Of yesterday at the
summer resort and all day long swarms of
persons tramped by the house and gazed at
| L. eur.ously. Barkers and takers along the
beach were busy pointing out, for pc ecu-
MARY consideration, the exact spot where
Colell's bathrobe was found They had not
kept themselves informed OF the subse-
quent details Of the case and were busy
explaining how Colell made his marvellous
swim. The time the man was supposed
to be in the water, according to the amount
they peceived for telling it, ran az high az
ninety-eQht hours