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CABLE BRINGS NEWS OF MISSING WELLAND AVIATOR
[Welland Telegraph, 26 July 1918]
“Fred’s cheque arrived.”
Those three words in a cable yesterday from Pat Robertson, son of Senator Robertson to J.D. Reilly, brought the news that Fred Reilly is a prisoner in Germany.
Young Robertson and the missing aviator, though separated for some months, kept in touch with one another through a banking house in London where they carried accounts. A letter received from Robertson previously stated that he had learned through the bank that Fred was in such and such a place.
Now he cables under date of Tuesday, “Fred’s cheque arrived.”
The only meaning that can be taken from this is that Fred Reilly has drawn a cheque on his London account.
These words are but three and are not commonplace and yet it may be doubted if the cable ever carried a message meaning more. A long and bitter suspense is broken, for in the manner in which the young aviator was lost made anything seem possible.
Soon, no doubt, a letter will come through and his friends here will learn how good or ill the fortunes have been to him.
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