The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-17
The n1lssl M Insaivi, uals.


ERAsTUs L. DR FOREST AND HENRY CLAY REYNOLDS.
There was . time when IT was an extraordinary evsss
for perfon TO be suddenly missed By bis friends -
family and heard Of msre, but recently the or0sn-
stance has beoo common TO exoe but little in@o
rest when does and after an item In the news
papers ana fuss among the parties most iuserssteA ~
cssppearanoe 10 forgotten until . similar srlsss.
often the verdcs brought In by the ers jury
"unhpown man found drowned, :" vsrdio, tha, is =
usua and often repeated that the reporters have ceassA
70 publish them The two mo.t mys.eroa, ds 20 ss.ra1-
DeTor and henry Clay Key nods which from The soea
position OF the parties have excited the most as:entoa
ERAsrUs L. DIX PO2Esr.
This person q resident Of watsrtown Conn, and .
graduate Of Yale College, a which institution hs STUDIED
civil engineering for three years He had fortuas h s
right and was, moreover, tho only son Of vsAAAhy
father He came 10 this city on Tuesday, the l3th
January expecting TO take passage in Empiro osy -
the l7n ult for Havana He put up at the heIoOolas
hotel whsre he slept night, and eft hs baggage b
order with . large sum Of money In the trunk. o.
Wednesday, the l4n ult be drew cneak on the Amar
Exchange Bank, ct ore O'Clock, and bad 10 b Sop
posed about $500 his possession. snoo that day ~
has been BY any that recognized him.
has there been clue 10 trace his whereabouts II
expected he would visit his aant, ct No FrH pses.
Brook previous 60 tho l7th shs W accompany
him his pleasure trip 70 Havana bat no did ncs oah
upon hor. He lad the reputation Of oe,ng tempernas,
hat likely 70 lead young into mischief This ats
appeaanco Of oourse caused the greatest anxiety ~
family. An advertssmenl describing him mlnuse1y,
was Iublshed in The HKaIDfo days wlnoos asv
reap Iss Al length bis uncle, Ei Curtis, OF Maiden iass,
reooised an anony mons commun A.on stating thal
DO goroa Killed 10 the streets " Bro a71
bis body throsn INTO the river. AZ name endorsed
he siaem' ut aotcs taken Of tbs NUM- sauoa
Over month has nos passet aimee tne isappeNspes.
and sng clue has been ooah cd yet fsAo
Of the yourg He could not have vAy there
for his doing 90, And n ne did no soam
ave tai m q m nj "
ony inf . that ho was murdered and his bo1y made
away 9th Mr.. DsFores was "a vars OF sge fess
itcbfs In height, stout bolt, full aoe, tquare, prosn
nspi forohesd black eyes and hair an very small rhis
kors He had sofi hsl black CLOTHES and oyoreoss
HErEY CLAY RtYNoLD5.
This gentleman editor OF the Paterson. n. bras
PENDENT Democrat. Ho left PSter,on IN the rsls
for New YORK saturday tn OF February.
sud vas ssou In the jersey Cly feuy
boat By several Of his scqusiDsAr COS. lie had
$3.50 In money with him, and a. 2 O'CLOCK r. n he
called at Wells wesb's corner OF Du,on AMI Fuisos
streets In re Alon printing presses, after -h'eA
IL IL supposed he went ssvery's Ho'el. No "a Bsek-
uan street. ~ his name occurs on tue ic1ger's oass
Ss,si on sunday SIN ins. .b.ut moor, bat from ,nsa
ume all trace OF him s lost though u IL reported that hs
st the hotel At = o'soct on Monday morning. ~.
Reynolds has wifs and young family was happy In hs
domestic reiaiiops, and successful ip busnsr He
a silly temperate man, ~hie hs sanity -ss IN
coubed. The only question az to that vas that he heaA
,pecus siivo 10 the Of sp,ritsstsm.
The Dr. sun p,lo. that re male away -ith himself 10
therefore wholly uptenable, while II 10 more thsa pro-
babls that he murdered On this 20 nj the Patersoa
Guardian says
There "a eason 10 that Mr.. Rsynoids by lesvinR
hoie New York si the hour Monday morning sAleA
inended 70 take The early uan for Paerson In fact
time Just that be would have chosen n enable
reach he FIRST from Jersey City II light vhes
be len the hotel and may be surmsed thstbe procecieA
up Beskman 10 Park row, and into Brosdvav and
tbrou1h Broadway 10 Cortlsndt The
town lily supplied with wsiehmen-ths hour was losely-
time wien persons frequently take the
have considerable money with then-Mr. Reynolds
small msn-u may be that he gsrroted robbed and
der ec and his body thrown from the wharf Hso
lardy prob sble be will be heard from agsn We coosd.
ihen that II ve'y possible that Mr. murdered
a Mondsy morning the 9th instant between four and hvs
ococt hour when the deed sOud have been dsse
other lonely wsk 20 the terry.
lie wss upsusp'cupg my and BY stap on he hess Or
hand he throat he could have been deep schet ~
vsns knovn TO nfes The cy and no one would hsve bees
the wiser.
Mr. Reyrolds vas about Ave feet eight inches high,
had ,u,aIi features and Q dark mplex,os, and
specially noted for piercing black ere. He hd Q
black Alna and panis and sof iet hat.