The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-04-15
fll~ 4. FRANZ ROBERTS,
GiiAs. AiBURY AND
GIapRGE PAYNE IN
~ktHt THAT OVER.
TtnNs

C1fF 9aasa nogsg wasklns was
@8@wmaa ~ Secs chica Channel
$50 @x@mins shortly after sunset.
So basaw wma ioana at sis this
wa@Fmaa@ - o. Navy Rescue
Be-
Fax thaae paFsoaaa who believe
~ fsaW. IA waa iase APPARENTLY that
EhMa iea ~ AE. Watkins drown.
- aamomAtEatea by AIS dsserm-
smmasea ta 90 am the fishing trip
Anaa enssea In the eapaiHing Of
q aMAAa iEam whleh he and three
asaMmeia wwFw flashing,
. ffanh hutNrla Charles Char
&c. Ganl Albufy, George Payne
aEsa AaNef Matkins arrived at the
esN@a ~ Steak island AZ three
aeAssk yesterday afternoon. AT
gsAas pulnt ~ Wells boath0use,
w&seFm small hoata are kept for
tlN accommodation of anglers.
81 Watkins and has friends
wNas g. So out IN d l7-foot skiff,
lsssi, besalsas ~ . heavy wind that
maa bhswlnR. Il vas decided 10 get
@n g8atloard motor.
has. watkins then LETT in his
emH 20 ebtain sasolina. When ne
haa FesaEmea with IL. II was
ksm3mea that the outboard motor
as shs boath0a&e would not run.
So kax. watkins said. Il know
whaEe ! can get one" he went
aver and returned with a mo-
t9x. end. fading that II would
mes start. he remarked that ne
km@w wheFe he could get an
ether meteor. SO he went off
Eos tie third time. and returned
With = second cupboard motor.
whs9h. is was found. to be in
Funmtna eondition.
4 go tour O'Clock beiore the
party left on the fishing trip
1WaAe Thomas s. Caro- had been
inxiied O. 80 Un the trip, bat
had changed has mind al the last
nauuent tie vas al the Wells
place when the boat left with Mr..
Watkins aud his friends. This
nlnSnlng Judge Caro- said:
II have been out I'm that skiff
many . time. and knew ii TO be a
sturdy craft Up in the channel,
partly protected from the wind,
cant understand how the skiff
tuFned over. l0r have been out
"a a ia the open In wind just as
heavy as was blowing yesterday"
Tic cupboard motor was at
tachCd 81 e small Skiff, one of IL
fsut, and towllne was attached
~ the bow Of the large skiff. 1t
Sas toWcd to a point IN the chan
nel about midway between the
cid ana The new Overseas High
&ay bridges.
a boy operated the smaller
eklff. and. shortly before sun
dawn, be learned that the out
board motor would not run, so he
told the men In the large skiff
that be would return so the Wells
place and come back with another
04lbaard motor. So that the large
nklff could be- toWed to the shore.
When this boy returned. he
coald not find the large skiff.
ana went back and so informed
Dir. Wells. who returned with
the boy 10 continue the search.
Th@Y came back without hav-
tna tound thu skiff. and were
about 90 report the matter to
the police when they were in
termed that J. Frank Roberts
bad been found on the bridge
End that he had said the large
akiff had overturned while at
anehoF.
The sun was setting when J.
Frank Roberts struck out 10 swim
tuf the Stock Island shore. leav-
inR a. Watkins. MI Albury and
NJ Payne hanging 60 the over
tamnd skiff
Just a. darkness came on. The
Citi2en was informed this morn
ms. AF. Watkins decided 10 try
30 swim to shore. ME. AlburY
Nmtd that. when about 40 feet
aFam the beat. Mr.. Watkins cried
eat thai he thought he could
not make ID" and asked that a
Fepe be thrown 10 him SO that
be eould be pulled back to the
beat Bot there was no rope
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