The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-20

Frau Koerwin said that she was certain Phillipson could not be alive, however. He certainly would not have been found without his com- panion, the baroness, she argued.
 The German woman's theory re- garding PhilIipson coincides with an Identification made by Capt.. G. Allan Hancock, Los Angeles patron of science. He declared the bodies found were those of Alfred Rudolph Lorenz, retired German business man, and Trygve Nuggrud, sailor.
 Sought Pirate Gold
 The baroness, Phillipson and Lorenze went to the Galapagos group to hunt pirate gold, it has been said. Stories from traders who visited the islands later told of weird empire" ruled by Baroness won Wagner and of a love triangle which resulted in the self-styled empress" banishing Lorenz.
 Frau Koerwin believes one of the bodies might very probably have been that of young German from Dresden who arrived on the islands three or four years ago. This settled, she continued, refused assistance of any kind from settlers o. fishermen and ventured into the interior of Santa Cruz island alone, in spite of all warnings from ex- perienced Galapagos settlers. This man, she said, did not even take 8 compass with him. He was never heard of or seen again.
 The German woman lives with her parents in small, modestly furnished apartment in one of the main streets of Lichterfelde, southwestern suburb of Berlin.
 Regarding Dr. Charles F. Ritter with whom she spent several years on the Galapagos islands, Frau Koerwin speaks with sincere em- phasis. Dr. Ritter, German nud- ist died on the islands, presumably from eating poisoned meat.
 Suffers From Paralysis
 Frau Koerwin, an attractive brown-haired woman in her sos, seems to have recovered from her recent severe illness due to over- work while on the islands. But she still limps badly. Not long ago she WIS paralyzed on her right side.
 Partly because of her illness, she has postponed her intended trip to the United States. She expects, however, to sail in January.
 Frau Koerwin has written a beck, to be published shortly in England and in the United States. It tells the story of Dr. Ritter's and her life and activities on the Galapagos.
 Tn the United States Frau Koer- win will lecture on Dr. Ritter's and hur life on Galapagos.
 Tt is my task" she declared em- phatically, ito prove to the world that our life on Galapagos was a valuable enterprise which has definite significance for our epoch"
 Resents Island Stories
 On returning from the islands, Frau Koerwin said, she was dis gCsted to read all the stories "full of adventures" Dr. Ritter's and h l being on Galapagos had de- cidedly nothing to do with all the "scandalous stories" that had oc- cured on the islands, she empha- sized.
 T now see the world with dif- ferent eyes from the time of my leaving the islands," Frau Koer- win said, Dr. Ritter when dying told me that he could pass away because he had fulfilled his task. But I still have a task before me, and that is to convince the world of the value of our years on Gala pagos.'
 About her future plans, Frau Koerwin said she had made no de- cision. T might return to the Gala pages islands," she remarked, but all this is still entirely in the air. I am 8 woman waiting for facts to