The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17
MISSING BATHER ONASHEAMER
HOW DTD MR. COLELL GET so FAR
FROM ROCkAWA

Elderly Man. Following His Custom. went
Z the Beach About 4 A. vi. wednesday
FOR O Plunge and Disappeared - wire
less says Mes ON q Charleston snip.
Edward Hugo Coleil. a well known Brook
Ign musician. Ia on his way by steamship
+ o Charleston, y. C., and his only raiment
Ia a bathing suit. At least that is all he wore
when he left his home at Atlantic and Tenth
avenues Rockaway Park. about l o'clock
Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Colcil is 81 years old, but an enthusiasts
tic swimmer. He prefers To take his dips
at a time when the beach isn't crowded
Accordingly on Wednesday he left his
residence at Rockaway u little before 1
A. NJ. clad in his bathing suit and a bath
robe. When he had not returned at break
fast time Mrs. Colell became greatly
alarmed. Her son Carl hurried to the
police station and reported the case.
A squad of policemen were sent out to
search. They found Colell's bathrobe on
the beach at the spot where he usually en-
tered the surf. This created the fear that
he wa drowned. The general opinion
around Rockawsy has been that Mr.. Colell
was taken III or seized with cramps while
in the water.
A general alarm was sent out by the police
for the man. and each day since his dis
appearance the beach has been patrolled
and men in boats nave dragged for the
body.
Last night Mrs. Colell and her son Carl
went TO the Rockaway police station and
rather startled the lieutenant in charge
by announcing that Colell was safe. Mrs
ColeIl had received a telegram sent from
Atlantic City. she explained. 1t said that
the wireless station there had been notified
by a passing ship out at sea that Colell
was on board. The messag &c also said that
the ship was bound for Charleston and
other Southern ports.
The operator at the wireless station al
Atlantic City said last night that he had
received a message earlier in the day from
the Clyde Line steamship Huron. He said
the message was one of fifty-four words
from Edward II. Colell to his wife at Rock
away. In the message Colell said;
Il am on the Charleston steamer. Com
ing home"
The remainder OF the messag % had to dc
with personal matters. especially life in
surance policies.
The Huron left this city for Charleston
and other Southern ports at 4 O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon. She is due al
Charleston to-day.
From Rockaway Beach TO the ane Of
the southbound ships Ia something Of
a swim, ten or twelve miles at least
All Rockaway expects to hear an inter
esting yarn from Colell when he lands in
south Carolina and returns 10 his home.
Mr.. Colell was prominent in Brooklyn
musical circles for many years. He was
manager of many concerts and was instru'
mental in bringing singers from abroad tc
appear in concert here. For several years
he bad been a member Of the real estate
Arm OF Colell a Fitch Of this city.
Mrs. Colell refused to see reporters who
went TO her home yesterday morning.
Later in the day Carl Colell called a Brook
Ign newspaper on the telephone and re-
quested that it not be positively stated
that his father had been drowned. Young
Colell would not state why he mad this
request or II he had reason to believe tina,
his father was alive.