Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
QUITO, Ecuador.

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QUITO Ecuador
TACK to the Island of Love her nudist Eden"
- on Charles Island of the Galapagos group
where she played sort of common-law Eve"
to her German dentist Adam" goes Frau Dore
koerwien Ritter, according to dispatch from Ba-
tava, Java.
This seems to be the crowning mystery OF al
that have surrounded the lonely volcanic Paradise
on the equator SIX hundred miles from Ecuador
1t was a different story IN 1884 after the
mysterious death of her Adam in Paradise Then
the dislllusioned woman called the place "Hels
Volcano and wished only to forget her five years
of horror.
But now she says:
Our great work there is unapprecated. l
must 60 back and finish it."
What can this unappreciated work be- so i'm
portant as to tempt widow Eve back to an Eden
from which she was once thankful to escape?
If she had said Il must go back now and solve
some OF those great mysteries that still hang over
the tragic island her words would have been more
readily understandable.
For, when she quit the spot seven wears
ago, she was stepping out of the pages of one
OF the most fascinating thrers real life has ever
concocted.
She chose the moment well. just as the plot
was at its thickest
Besides herself and her nudist mate the cast of
characters included fabulous Niennese Baroness
her two love-slaves la couple of masculine ex-
dressmakersl and a little family of typical Ger
man burghers, papa. mama and two children. who
seemed Enthusiastically out of place in such exotic
surroundings.
No mystery story writer but real everyday
Hle-the same that takes humdrum people TO work
at A. NJ. and lets them out again at 5-had
assembled this weird crew. and no mystery story
writer could have put them through stranger PAGES
than real life subsequently did
toud developed between the first settlers
FRAU Done and Ritter and the next -comers the
family of bmghers Then. as evidence of what
happens 10 a state divided came the Baroness
and, taking advantage of the feud set up a die
tatorshlp with herself as the counterpart of Hitler
When the Baroness landed with her two attcn-
dants behind her the Ritters and all the Wittmcrs
were lined up TO meet her
Raising hcrgun on high, she loaped ashore and
proclaimed:
by the grant Of God and the Sovereign Gov
eminent of Ecuador l am the Empress of this
island, known as Charles Island, but which here
by rename Love Island
Well were the nudst Adam and Eve and the
Wittmers surprised Yes. indeed they were
Then something that sounded like raucous
laughter came from the bush
The Baronesss eyes flashed and she raised her
gun menacIngly
NO one She began. laughs"
donkey, one of the stecl-toothed Ritters
stuck its head up over the shrubbery The remains
OF that gigantic laugh were still around its mouth
Up came the Baroncss's rifle. Bang it spoke
and the donkey would laugh no more. A neat
hole was right between its eyes.
The Baroness could shoot all right,
soon at gun point If they objected the other
settlers We're forced to pay homage and tribute to
this extraordinary woman, who, because Of her
favoutc costume. came 10 be- known as Crazy
Panuc- among The ncghborug islands
Critics say that digt4turships are subject To
internal dissenslon and thus contain the seeds Of
their own doom Il IS % be hoped that this is true
What happened on Charles Island suggests that it
may bC for there as far Us can be judged internal
dsscnson bred tragedy
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