Evening star., 1927-11-17
MOTHER OFFERS SON TO HUNT
YOUNGER BOY LOST IN WILDS
Mrs. Elsie RimeII Believes
Raleigh Alive With Fawcett
Expedition.
Convinced Roger. With Dyott
Relief Party, Would Find
British Explorer.
Snecial Dispatch 10 The Star,

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
LOS ANGELES. Calf. November
IA California mother who 81 "
one son march into the Brazilian jun
Gle and into a mysterious silence Yet
unhroken nearly three years ago Of
fers her remaining son as a volunteer
for the search of rescue.
The mother. is Mrs. Elsie Rim"ll
and her Younger hoy. Ra leigh. is with
the LOST expedition Of col. y. II. FaW-
crtt. British explorer The only other
member of the expedition. aside from
native bearers. is Col FaWcett's son
Jack
II believe my hov and his com
panions are alive" said Mrs. Iimell,
and Comdr. nNott's plan to go in
ana search for them fills me with
new hope and courage know Of no
greater help | can give than Ia offer
to him the services of my one remain
ing son, Roger.
Comdr George NJ. Dyott announced
recently that he was going TO Brazil
tn rescue Col. tawcett. whom he
knows. From The Jungle radin dis
patrheS relating the progress ~ the
search will be sent by Comdr. pNotl
exclusively II the North American
Newspaper Alliance. of which The
Star is member. His expedition
will sail from New York December 10
Willing to Make Sacrifice.
Roger is as eager to 20 as ] am
10 have him go" said Mrs. Rimei'
1T would he a sacrifice for him and a
great sacrifice for me. But neith"'
of us considers that for a moment"
Roger Rimell is 80 years old. ?
wears the senior Of Raleigh. and lik"
his brother he has been Interested All
his life in exploration and adventure.
While Mrs. Eimeli fears the ta"-
nett party is in temporary difficulties,
she believes that Col. Fawcetts eN-
perience. rcsourcefulness and courage
will keep the little party up, either
until rescue arrives or 1t makes It's
own dangerous and tortuous way
back to civilization unaided.
Il can't explain my feeling. Mrs.
Rimell exclaimed, hut am con
yinced that my boN and those he is
with are living and we'll. And it is
my belief that they have either made
a tremendously important archeolo.
gical find, or are close on the ttal of
one"
II was TO seek evidence If 2 los
civilization that Col. Fawcett went
into the wilderness.
Mrs. Rimell believes Roger snnrte-
vile. a French engineer. was mistaken
in reporting that he saw FaWcett
months ago.
Writes to Mrs. Fawcett.
Mrs. Fawcett. who is in The soEth
Of France. and with whom ! am in
frequent correspondence, feels as !
do" she said.
But if the man Courteville saw
really was Fawcett, the explorer
naturally would have been evaslVe in
his answers. II he We're on the verge
of a great scientific find he Aould
prefer to keep that to himself.
The last word the Fawcett eXpedi-
ton gave TO the world came in letters
sent out from the jungle in MAY.
1925. One Of these letters VAS IRON
Raleigh Rimell to his mother.
Raleigh Rimell is descended from q
long line OF officers of the British
army and navy. His father was "A
surgeon in the British navy ac.ing
the war. Upon the fathers death.
Mrs. Rimell and her sons left Eng
land for Ahe West Indies, going thence
to New York. and finally TO Los
Angeles. boyhood friendship he
tween Raleigh Rimell and Col. Faw'
cett's son was responsible for Raleigh :
selection for the Fawcett expedition.