Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18
A LOCAL MrsrERY CLEARED up.

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 Probably it will be remembered by some of our citizens, that about ten years since, young man of much promise, and of good moral character and steady hab- it's, who was acting in the capacity of agent for one of our promiuent sewing | machine companies, was suddenly and
 mysteriously missing from among us. And perhaps it will also be remembered that his disappearance occurred la the evening, after having collected sum of money, either for the sale or rent of ma- chine, on Mill street, in the vicinity of Scoyilis factory. A light was left burn ing in his office, and everything in the room appeared as if he intended to have
 returned in few minutes tune. That he
 had absconded did not seem reasonable,
 for the company found sufficient amount of property and funds to fully cover all claims upon him. Various stories were in circulation in reference to his disap. pearance, the most prominent of which was that he was killed, and buried in the earth excavated from the then new canal of the Scovill company, which was in pro- cess of construction at that time. But no. definite clue could be obtained as to hls whereabouts. One person reported hay ing met him at, or near, Worcester fn Q railway car, but the sequel proves this an error.
 His father had long before gone to his long home His mother, who had f0R years been an invalid and unable to- Eise r from her bed without assistance, but had recovered. somewhat, and was at the time of his leaving, in comfortable health. had this new sorrow added to the other. But she had annther and older son Jeff, who was all that remained to her of the family, Some supposed she knew the whereabouts of Charley but she denied, in the presence of the writer of this communication, any knowledge of him, and it appears truth fully. a asr .narsIl- .s-.H
 We pass over space of nine years, and more. At the recent picnic of the Y. M. 0. A. at High Rock Grove, lady of tlsis city, whom will call Mrs. w., while seated in the pavilion. thought she recag- nized the features of the mother of the missing Charlie and by some means at- |. tion took place, and, after some ooaveFsl sation, two young ladies approached kbe mother, whom she introduced as her daughters 1t would be difficult to real ize the surprise of Mrs W, knowing as she did, that she had no CdaughtaEa, and only one son that she knew of. But she, to relieve her mind says, 'sThis is my son, Edward's wife, and this vas CharIey6 wife" As soon as an opportunity oiferods Mrs. w, asked to be informed cOnoerning. the missing Charley. The reply vas, s'1t is too long a story to tell now. but hoxt week Thursday I will, if 1agreeablato yon. "a make You visit at your home, in Water bury and give you the ~hole story, ... -,'
 Pnnctual to her appointment ChaElie's mother arrived at the house of her friend. accompahied by her widowed step-daunh.o ters during which visit the following Daf- ticulars were given: In July last ME T. of Seymour received letter from Winoos. Ri, near Burlington, Vermont, asking the address of Edward, who was supposed toa be in this section of the country He ra. piled immediately, directing his letter aa requested to Charles HinsdaIe, Wiuooaki. EVefmont, at the same time informing Ed. ward by letter, who was and ia living iIisl Brooklyn, N. F., that he had .rrcaivada a k letter as above Immediately following this, Edward received letter, reQuestinR him to come immediately to Winoosh n he wished to see his long lost DEOtAsf ' aliveo l He. lost no time in reaching that q place and found his brother very l0w with 2 consumption. He remained with him for several days, during which time De gave him the following story: tF'I can give no faccount of my leaving Waterbury, | fe- I, member nothing about it.. The frst I ,aol ], remember is, that II was ih d hotel 10 Springfield, Mass How I caEhe there, or why I was there, seemed mystsfy to ms. stopped there for day or two. and. E, while there, picked up paper from the table, and while looking it over found notice of my mysteriO1s dieappeafaheo from Waterbury. I considered the matsH1 ter awhile. and. dreadiug the mor,iflcns q. tion it would cause me to return there, and hear the various remarks anI jokes should be subjected to, I deternained Co drop nay last name. and give my namg a& 2 Chas Hinsdale. and under his name found Y myself in Winooski, where easily ob. a iained a situation as clerk in e grocery store. had the confdence of my shl plOyer, who in the course of time took nc
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