The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-23
MYSTERIOUS ;,l, DISAPPEARANCE,
A Brooklyn Gentleman after a MOrn-
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On the morning Of the 3diof February,
Capt. John Arthur, at that time residing
ut No 289 S0ntR Third street, Brooklyn,
e. D. left his Homo for this city, for the
purpose Of collecting some outstanding
bills and for tho transaction Of other bu.
siness, and has not been heard Of since
the afternoon of the day he left. Since
the day following his disappearance he
has been anxiously and continuously
searched for by many relatives and friends,
and also diligently and carefully by the
Police; and yet no tidings have been gain.
ed Of him, alive or dead. He was an ur.
usually active man, under thirty years Of
age, remarkably correct in habits and sin.
gularly earnest and energetic In business
Priorto his engagement In business here,
lie had improved large farm on Long
Island, which he owned, but that calling
not returning profit, either as largely orus
quickly as he desired, he had taken q
slOop and crew md engaged in the collec-
tiun Of fish and the manufacture Of oil,
near Blue Point, on Great South Bay.
While thus engaged, he entered into q
contract with Mr.. Goodkind, Of Wall
street, for the supply Of fish for the latters
obligatory on Barren Island, during the
season: md during the remainder Of the
year was engaged In the transportation Of
freight for the same, and other firms Of
this city. ~; ~. {. ~
A short time previous to his disappear.
ancc It had become necessary for him to
procure another sloop, and with a view to
that he was engaged in the collection Of
money on bills on the day we name.
Leaving home, his promise was to return
for dinner at a r. n. Soon afterward he
wis met in Railway by an old Blue Point
. acquaintance, whom he invited 10 spend
the evening at Ills house. He y known TO
have called subsequently at a,down-town
bank and lind a check cashed, and, at
about / r. 81, he was ut the Office Of Mr..
Goolkind, in Wall street, where, that gen.
tIcman not being in, he waited nearly an
hour, when, with the remark that he
would go home and call on the following
day. be LEFT, and no subsequent trace has
been found. r. y '.''.', ~ .'''.
It was known at his home, and he had
mentioned 1t to tho friend he mot, and
also ut the Wall street Office, that, In q
dry or two, lie was going out on Great
South Bay shore to obtain asloop. Think
ing 1t possible, though exceedingly i'm.
probable, that he had heard news Of %
sloopl which caused him to leave sudden.
", the entire shores Of Long Island, along
which he was we'll known, have been
searched without avail. ~ ,'l...- '1y'.
Tho vicinity Of the foot Of Houston
street here, where the ISlanl sloops lie
while awaiting cargo, and every other
point which lie was likely to visit IN search
Of business information, have all been care.
fully examined, and nothing has been
heard Of him at any Of them, except that
\ uf'the previous day he was ut the foot Of
Houston street trying to buy o sloop,
| When every other probable source Of itr
formation had been sought, that Of the
\ clairvoyants was added To the skill Of the
detective police, but their revelations,
when n0t purely ridiculous, proved posi-!
lively hlsc. And thus stands his case
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Tint he has been logged and fouily
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knew His business, his search for a, sloop,
and the fact that he WIS collecting his
money for its purchase, Is hardly doubt!
eli by any of his relatives and numerous
acqHnintancOs. Itwould seem impossible
TINT at that time Of the day any man
could have been murder in the streets,
on the limo between Wall street and the
Williamsburg ferries, without It's having
been seen by some one and instantly made
known. Ills friends unite ii the copclG-
sion that some one knowing his business
that day md his, object tho succeeding
dry, has induced him to enter some pre-
viously selected house, on assurance that
there was some one there who had d
slOop to sell, or knew ofonc he could buy;
nnd that willie There he has been muir.
dcrcd and robbed. What amount fin6ii.
ey he had with him Is not known to his
4 friends, for the reason that ,he had his
book Of accounts with him, and no record
remains ut home. la