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The body of Capt. BA Wake had not been found, and
the family of the missing gentleman offer a
reward of $50., for its recovery. From the
remarks of the Free Press, we gather that there
is a suspicion of foul play; at any rate, it is
now known that the sloop was robbed of its
contents after Capt. Wake's death by drowning or
violence. The freight comprised six boxes of
household goods, valuable family plate, clothing,
books, etc., which had just arrived from England.
The sloopwas found adrift near Thetis Island by Mr. Curran
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on Sunday night. The mast had been
broken off close to the deck, and the small house
of the sloop had been carried away. The sail was
trailing in the water at the side of the sloop
and was fastened to the boom as though a reef had
been taken in the sail. Nothing was found of the
boxes or their contents in the sloop, although
the stove and stove pipe remained intact. In a
small bay, a short distance from where the sloop
was found, some of the broken boxes were found on
the beach, but none of the valuable contents.The covers
of some books were found
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and strange to
say the glass of the looking glass was found
intact although the frame could not be found
anywhere in the vicinity. It is quite evident
that a robbery has been committed, but whether
the robbers found the sloop abandoned or put the
gentleman out of the way, is at present a mystery.
It is to be hoped that the government will
supplement the reward offered by the family, and
that the police will be directed to institute
strict inquiries into all the circumstances.
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