The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-03
ANOTHER DISAPPEARANCE.
MR.. JOHN r. D.iLY or TIE WINDSOR
JIOTEL MISSING.
The Police Unable to Find nny t1ew-Fcnrs OF
Foul Play or Insanity-Known 10 Have
Valuable Papers His Hotel Enterprise.

Foul Play or Insnnity-Kno,vn 20 Have
Valuable Pnpers-II Hotel Enterprise.
John r. Daily, we'll known commission
merchant. and the owner of the Windsor Hotel
building in Fifth avenue. has disappeared and
his family and friends fear that he has met with
fou play. He was last seen in II. II. Tyson's
Office in the Croton Market in East Forty second
street. at about 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning.
Notracc OF him after he left that place has yet
been found.
The police were informed of Mr.. Days dis
appearance at II O'Clock on Tucsday night. and
Detective Dunn was detailed ~ work up tho
case. Tho police said Inst evening that search
had boon made in New York Brooklyn. ani
Jersey City without obtaining any clue Mr..
DAILY il supposed to have had some valuable
papers on his person. He was quite deaf, and
at first it was supposed thnt he might hnve boon
run over in the street The hospitals and sta
tiun hous, = wore searched. and the police
n. ords examined without result.
Mr. Daly's family were adverse to giving any
In pruiAiun about his ii sHppearuncr yesterday.
an the police wore rcticrnt ON that account.
Ihumus VI. haly. tho miss.n. mans son. said
last M. { that h. believed his ihtn,r had guno
somewhere into thn country. and perhaps hat
boen uneNp" tHdl, dctu nod. YOun.; Mr.. Days
mnnh'r' however. showed mat ne had NO con.
Il l'n'c in that theory. AurrwIrd he said that
certain papers which his father had on his per
son might possibly have led to his being iOully
dralt W tn. HIS father had cNhib ted some de-
preston OF spirits before his disappearance.
hut he knew of no reason for H. II - father X
ilnnn 'ial affairs wrre n, involved.
From Mr. Waite of Hawk. Waite 4 Wcthcr-
boc prpprirtors Of the Windsor Hotel it was
learned that MIR. Daly had been in the hotel he.
tween and 9o'rlo X on Tuesday morning. The
monthly rent of tho building was due, and "A
chc' oi about $4,000 WAS hanlrd 10 Mr. DAILY.
II" left tho check IN the inner Oillrc of the hotel
saying thnt he would soon call for H. Then hc
W ut out into the han AMI after talking 10 little
while he lett the hotel unnotired H. was noNt
Hni last seen a Tyson mar ktt. whrre he paid
pies for tn next day. His conversation in the
hotel was cheerful. and those who talked with
INN sly there was no appearance Of mental un-
soundn"ss or OF any anxiety. Nevertheless It
is believed hv some that his business troubles
mny haye unsettled his mind.
The WINDSOR Is. or has brcn. heavily mort
gagged. Mr. lay one Of his friends saws
bought long lease of the hlo,k upon which IL
std-. between fIh and Madison avenues
lfr Nu It. Upon i he put up rows ~
lroNn-s'auc hous which he nferwari sold
Iurn built the W indspt lie l. reported to
haNo prrNou.y hQit notei IA Bn-iNn. His
intention was O. build and own the Windsor in
dNdunily. But IN 1873 h. became inan tally
stra,i.n"d. AMI a stock company. known ~
u" Windsor Hotel Company was formed with
Mr. Duly as President. Tho -to.e took the form
oi mortgages un me building. Mr. DAILY Was io
lay uf these from Tie entail ~ fl~t a- possible.
Under this arrangement ] is said. Ia" was s't-
ally melting away. and tho prospect wl- thnt
he would. before Very long. own the build
IN irsn H. ly.n,noraneci Only q, nue
''t''r 49, - l''',A W. W III
some h,,uh,r ''NcnhhS'd, t9uNu'n "i IN" mort
StSr. hr pHly, whv l. -ali I" nave hccn worth
az one I'm" over SinouoDo. en- lArAvd "a" most
yi ni7 ipriuh" ia N" hotel When he hegan II
he thought itw1ull cost not over s5OO,OOO. but
II r,aiiy, cost over u lNvuVvp
:, Nj Nhrt,n; hlS .tw)rr' r'rehtly sued Mr.
pay for sbOuDO for, prof s-ional services.
MI Daly. i is said. had paid the lawyer $4,000.
anu thought thai Wa, enough. ii" spoke To one
OF more yl ms ir,hls ABOUT II. seeming 10 be a
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