The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-05
SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING
MANY REMiRKfBLE CASES ~ WHICH
REW.fRDS ARE OFFERED.
New York Mysteries that MAY he solved
when the Warmth or spring Hiring. Up the
Dead from the Bottom of the Two Rivers.

Dead from the Bottom Of the Two Rivers.
Half the detective force at police hcad-
quarters is hunting for missing men. women.
and children. and the department Is often fools
ishly subjected to much Inconvenience and lnss.
Every day women go TO the Superintendent und
ask that :" general alarm" be sent out for
Johnny. who has mystcriousy disappeared. In
nine cases out Of ten Johnny comes back the
next day from fishing excursion. and the re-
suit is II diminished interest on the part Of the
police in looking for missing persons.
There are now on the books Of the department.
over twenty cases that arc remarkable. and in
which large rewards have been offered, and
wide search made. The detectives say that
there are n very large number of bodies lying ut
the bottom OF the North and East rivers and
when these waters give up thcir dead many
mysteries will bc explained. This will not bo
until the latter part of April or the beginning Of
May. The temperature Of the water is now 50
low that the bodies are well preserved and keep
at the botton,;, As soon n the water becomes
warm they VIII come to the surface.
The Central Office detectives were put on an
interesting search on Saturday. said to be- smi-
lar in character To the Charley Ross case, and
in which handsome little boy Is the victim,
having been kidnapped in Western city and
his discovery is 1900. Detective L. L. Adams has
the case in hand. hut he will not give the namo
of the boy or any further particulars at present,
fearing that would interfere with his success.
Detective Ticman Is looking for a New York
merchant who disappeared last week. Super
lntcndcnt Malling at nc earnest request OF u?
alarm has been sent out for Mr.. Thongs McDur.
II rich lumber merchant ui Montreal, who was
stopping at the Occidental Hotel. and who dis
appeared on the Goth inst. He had u large sum
of money with him. and was erratic IN his uoV,-
mpnts as though unSOuud in mind. His friends
traced him to Boston, and found that ne started
from there three days ago for New York. Tho
opinion is that he Is trying 10 secure passage
on an English steamer His family Is in Mpn-
treal. and are constantly telcgrdphing for inior-
nation and making requests for vigorous
search.
Yesterday two detectives were placed on tho
! case Of Alexander McNab. lawyer doing bust
| ness at ~ Nassau street who hns been missing
since the 18th ult. His father. the Rev. MIR. Me-
| Nab believes that his son has been robbed and
| murdered. and that his body has been thrown
into the river. Alexander McNab was last sen
| at 10 o'clock az night waiting iur ear ut the
Grand Central depot. He was 81 years Of age.
feet 10 inches in height. fair complexion. with
blue eyes. and had on u dark suit. with OVER
| cont and silk hat He had n gold wat ani
| chain. photographs Of his two children. business
was la no known difficulty and his father has
| no suspicion thnt he has run away.
The congregation Of the Norfolk street Moths
| odst Episcopal Church wis startled yesterday,
| and necdl, -sly. rs was shown. on hearing tnat
| It's treasurer John King was missing. He * -
urcr of the church for over four years. Last
! evening Mrs King said that she had received .
despatch from him in Philadelphia saying that
he would probably return on Monday. This IL
the first Information received from him in u
weok. She said the idea that he had run away
seemed much more worried at his absence than
she md been