The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-04


From letters recently received would nppear that Mr.
Eastus L. DE Forest who 50 myvteriousiy disappeared
from this city on the IIth Of January, 1857. s alive
rms gentleman bad nnshed collegiate edacatiSn ut
Yale College, New Haven, Co. and prior 70 attaining his
He from New Haven to This city few days before
his disappearance and took rooms al the tropoltan
Hotel. II his intention, and SO expressed TO his
friends in this city, 70 visit Havana and with that obc1
be was making preparations On the nth January he
drew check for g oc9 at the American Exchange Bank.
wards. On the 10th Of January Mr. Curtis OF 81 Maiden
lane received an anonymous note post marked Brooklyn
stating that Mr. De Forest had been Knocked down In
that city robbed and his body thrown into the East
river The police Of both cities diligently employed
His father offered heavy rewards for the body
but not finding it, any clue. mourned him as dead
The New Haven Palladium Of Friday, in relation 70 this
What made the matter the more mysterious was the
fact that he len his trunks containing valuable property
at the hotel and several thousand dollars Of bsuk stocks
in New Haven and other property In other places Now,
without any previous animation, letter from
missing man himself asking for his bank divdcnds whicA
he appears to suppose have not been paid In three years.
although they have regularly by his father
administrator, they fell due. We give the letter mr.
tot with the exception Of the number OF shares owned
by him bank whose officers prefer that we should
not state Ihe exact figures in that regard The letter
follows
MxlsocRyE, Australia, April, 1850.
CASHIER or NEw HAVEN BANK
SlRI the Of - shares in the capital stock II
your bank Tor some time past have no. drawn the d.
have recently given to Messrs MaiIler Quercau Of
the firm OF Mailer, Lord Il Quercau, Wall street New
York, power Of attorney TO enable them receive
my account. Will you oblige by sending me directly
through the mail statement OF the amount OF dividends
sales. c. l.. DE FOREST
We have very carefully compared the manuscript Of
the letter with the other manuscripts Of Mr. De Forest,
and find the resemblance most striking The only marked
difference is in the small d. In hisother manuscripts the
top OF the is thrown TO the left In curve but in the
last letter is the ordinary similar to this have
printed but all the other words and letters have the
appearance in all the manuscripts Even the loop
on the back Of each small f is the same in all
In addition 70 this apparent evidence Of his existence,
the folio wing copy u letter which received yes
terday by Mcssrs. Wnsow, Lanier Co. bankers of ts
city
MELBOURNE, Australia, April II, 1850.
MEssRs. WISstow, LAINIER x Co II am the owner of
twenty shares in the Ceyeapd Colum and Cincinnati
Railroad The dividends this stock formerly paid
by YOU and suppose still. The last drawn
by me was that OF January, 1857.
have recently given TO Messrs. Mailer Quereau, Of
the firm Of Mailer, Lord Quereau, Wall street. New
York. power of attorney to enable either Of them 10
ccive dividends due to
Win you oblge by sending to me, cctly through the
mail statement VI the amount of the dividends paid
to them by you-aso the present market value Of tho
stock. L. l.. DE FOREST
Cnaccompaned by any explanation as 10 the reasons
for his sudden departure from this city, and In the alb
Of any correspondence with his relatives or friends
in relation thereto these letters exhibit very singular
state Of facts and not for the close resemblance
between the handwriting OF these and sformer manu-
scripts, would present susp ion that they might b
forged.
Inquiries will be prosecuted to ascertain the
truth Of the matter and clear the mystery which nov
surrounds IL.