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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 5

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THE MYSTERY AT PETONE. CARTER FOUND. At cloven o'olock ltot night the Wellington police advised that they had teen informed by the Pctone police that themissing man Carter—who, according to popular theory—had met foul play at tho hands of a burglar, had returned to his home. No further particulars were available at (hat hour, and Carter had not then been interviewed. When found ho had beoii without food (or desire to pnrtako of any) since Saturday night, and; his state of health is said to bo causing eomo anxiety. Until' final word that Carter (had re : appeared was announced, search' parties had been active. Those included Detectives Lewis and Bailey, Sorgeant Forstcr, and Constables Moiklejohn and Carmody. Tho Hult River was dragged, and several creeks in tho vicinity of Carter's rcsidenco were; scourod, Of course, rumours of many sorts were rife; and at 5 o'clock Inst nig'ht it was reported that Cartor kid been found fatally injured on Gear • Island, but inquiries soon showed that this was merely a canard. ', ' .... ■-.; .. It also transpired -.that an. express was seen in Huia Street (nearly opposite | Carter's house) at. the time of tho incident, and that it disappeared very Boon after. When this legend was sifted it ! was found that the voliacle was the Walrarapa Farmers' Co-operativo Stores car.t engaged in delivering goods. Another rumour was to tho effect that o. man: who was going toward tho Hutt on Saturday night was pursued by one just about the time that tho trouble was in progress at Carter's; ',-•. - ' Every possible place was searched within a radius of five miles in the tope of finding tho'vanished man. It had been proposed to search the Wainul Hills ,today, but'tho reappearance of .Carter naturally' caused a cessation of searches and plans of search.