Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
SECRET MAP AIDS
FAWCETT SEARCH
Mother of Member of Party
Gives Dyott Chart. Drawn
by Son.
Special Dispatch to The Star and Nortl
American Newspaper Alliance.

Srecial Dispatch 10 The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance.
NEW YORK, December 2e.-Mrs
Elsie RimeIl has given to Comdr.
George NJ. Dyott a secret map which
may be of assistance to him in his
expedition to Brazil TO rescue Col. T.
j. Fawcett, missing British explorer,
Mrs. Rimelis son Raleigh is with
Col. Fawcett, as is the coionels son
JOCK, and it was Raleigh who drew
tins map, showing precisely the course
the explorer intended to take In the
Jungle
1t was to he kept secret except In
emergency, and Mrs. Rimell believes
that this emergency now exists.
Mrs. Rimell. whose home is in Los
Angeles. arrived in New York recently
nj went at once to see Comdr. DNott.
save him the map and told him OF her
fervent wishes for the success OF his
undertaking..
Believes Lost Will Re Found.
Il believe firmly that my boy and
those he is with will come back out
Of that wilderness" Mrs. Rimell said.
And Mrs. Fawcett feels the same way.
We write 10 each other frequently.
Mrs. Fawcett is now in the south OF
France"
Mrs. Rimell is the widow of a British
navy surgeon. Raleigh and Jack
Fawcett were children together and
attended the same school. Their home
then was in Seaton. Devon, England.
That friendship continued as the
boys grew older Mrs. Rimell ex'
planned. land that is how Raleigh
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with Jack and the colonel"
The object of Col. Fawcett's thrust
into the jungle was the discovery of
lost civilization. Nothing has been
heard from him or his party since
May, 1895
Comdr. Dyott, whose departure for
Brazil has been delayed by the time
required to get certain equipment, is
rushing his plans 10 completion and
expects TO sail for Rio de Janeiro
January {.
One precaution he is taking is to
have brass identificatio tags made
III he is lost, these tags. which he will
distribute as he goes along, will serve
as trail for those who may come
after
Always Takes Tags.
IT have always made il a point on
my expeditions to carry such tags.
the commander said. Il give them to
Indians / meet. In this way / can
keep track of individual tribes. But,
further. If anything happens to me
il would be easier TO trail me with
she aid of these shining pieces of
metal. Had Col. Fawcett done the
same thing il would be much simpler
to follow him now" The tags will be
IN the form of a triangle, with 'GMD"
stamped pr them.
A number of letters have come TO
Condr. Dyott asking his help in find
ing other persons lost in Brazil. The
latest is from Martin Timer, 964 Eddy
road, Cleveland, Ohio, who writes:
II noticed that you We're going into
the 5ungles Of Brazil in search of Col.
Fawcett. I have a brother who was
in Cuyaba, and from there he was
going into the UNEMPLOYED area twhere
Fawcett is supposed TO bel. / mailed
him q letter May 2. 1910, and May ..
1911 They were returned to me and
have not heard from him.
'Woald you mind. IL on your way
through there you come across any
white man fnquiring whether he is
William r. Timer OF Cleveland. He
is so years old. about FIVE feet eight
inches tall and has light hair and
complexion"
fCoryrirhf 1927 IN all countries by North
American Newspaper Allsance.b