THE BAUER MURDER

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2114, 24 June 1907, Page 1

THE BAUER MURDER

\ NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCE. The Taranaki Herald of June 12th ■ays:—The New Plymouth people renember well the incident of a wholeale watchmaker’s valuable samples ailing into the sea at the breakwater 't Christmas time, about five years go. The traveller who suffered that •eavy loss was Mr. B. Bauer, who was iratal ly murdered in his office in Melbourne last week. At the time the ■use of watches went overboard at the

fort,, Mr. Bauer was travelling for S. .foyer and Co. It was. on a Saturey night. He was leaving'-for "One-

'innga. Ho took . his eight or ten ■uses of samples down to the break* vateHon the mail train. At the vese'.’s side no time was lost. All but

mo., of the packages were .safely •bowed. That one'contained nothing Hit watches. It was a small case, rat very heavy, and worth, with its ontents, something more than £IOOO. t was placed on top of a net full of uggago—the last load. As it was

icing swung over the side it dropped iff, struck the wharf, and bounded nto the water. The little German

laterally became excited; but there vas nothing to do but to go on to Tnehunga with the remainder of his ;oods. Next morning a diver went down and reclaimed the treasure. The .nttle'.slip is said to have cost the TJn- • on Company a large amount for comraensatipn. Air. Bauer afterwards ouiid his duties too heavy for him. -About two years ago he entered the owel business, in which ho was engaged at the time of his death. It va shis custom of recent years to ,’arry with him a -wallet containing gems-worth anything over £2OOO. His murder is- attributed to a desire to vga in' possession of that wallet. It . vns missing when he .was found in his office. The late Air. Bauer had many ■‘lends in New Plymouth, especially n tlie Jewish community. He was exceedingly popular among business ’lien, having a genial manner, and an infectious, laugh. _ He- was in New lymouth last Christmas.