A MASTERTON MYSTERY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3286, 3 August 1911, Page 5

A MASTERTON MYSTERY.

YOUNC MAN’S STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

5 WAS THERE FOUL PLAY? [PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.J MASTER TON, August 2. The police have not yet been able to ascertain the whereabouts of a young man, James Kingdon, who lias been missing from home since Monday. July 24th. From information given to the police it would appear that Kingdon, in company with three other men, had been in Carterton on July 24, and had returned that evening in a cab. One of the occupants of the vehicle was put down at liis residence at Ivuripuni. The other three, including Kingdon, were driven to tlie house of one of the men in Dixon street. His companions state that Kingdon got out of the cab and was last seen going along Dixon street, in the direction of his home, the hour being between eleven and twelve o’clock. All sorts of rumors in regard to the missing man’s whereabouts are in circulation, but none with any foundation capable of being verified. It was alleged 1 that a local girl had received a telegram from Kingdon the day he was reported to have disappeared, asking her to meet him in Wellington. The girl in question did certainly receive a telegram on the day mentioned, but not from Kingdon. nor had she seen him since July 22nd. The police authorities at Wellington have made inquiries whether Kingdon had been seen in the city, but the efforts have so far proved fruitless.

It is alleged that the men had a dispute at Carterton, and in their statements to the police the other two men say that though Kingdon was in a quarrelsome mood, and had sruck them they did not retaliate. The cab driver at first refused, but this morning agreed to sign a statement in connection with the matter, and therein says that he left the men in Dixon street. The police have been investigating the matter, and been diligent in their search for Kingdon. but so far without success. No official communication has been received by them as to a serious charge, rumors of which have been current for some days, arising out of the disappearance of Kingdon.