The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-31
VOL. XLv.--N0. 1865.
MISSING, A YOUNG LAWYER.
MS mr., CANE AND POCKETbOOK
rOuyD BY THE NORTH RIVER.
p.r,,na from hi. Betrothed One and seen Again
no More Theories OF Both Murder aud
su,cIdc-A German Mystcry-The Fruiticss
x,rht search Of Father md Mother.

xIgh, search Of Father md Mother.
Inst as day was breaking yesterday ON
.r Lawrence Talon. Of the Twentieth street
colioe. whiln passing along Thirteenth avenue
=, Twenty-nfth street, saw some objects lying
on In, pavement near the North River. He
,ielcd NJ white Derby hat a small cane. and
,larse Russian leather pockctbook. He took
nem TO the police station. The pockctbook
oontaincd nothing but closed envelope. adj
aressad to D.. Huylcr. SCI Broadway Tho hat
xss now and Of fashionable make 1t was
stamped c. Sims. New York and Brooklyn"
Roth hat and cane were such as are used by
young gentlemen somewhat particular about
hcir personal appearance, while the pocket
hook Was that Of n man Of business. The Ser
gcant after careful examination. discovered
ne owners name upon 1t: "Barcnt d. An
thony.'
Adiligent search was at once instituted by the
roicc who at first supposed that the owner OF
he property had been intoxicated, and. having
lost his hat stick. and pockctbOok. went wan
deung aimlessly among the piers. Subsequent
revelations. however. showed that the mystery
WIS not to DO so easily solved. Tho missing
man could not be found. and the envelope taken
from his pocketbook was sent to its address. II
vus hoped that 1t might contain something to
throw light upon the disappearance Of the
writer
d, Mr. tuyler hos n large soda water and candy
store at s61 Broadway. He opened the envelope
in the presence of the police and showed that il
held no letter There was nothing In it beyond
document drawn up In legal form. upon
single sheet Of foolscap. 1t represented that
Hortensc NJ. Irene Moore revoked n power Of
attorney that she had formerly granted to her
husband The witnesses signature was " Barent
Anthony" Tho police thought that II had boon
drawn up by the missing man. as the writing in
the body Of tho document was very like that in
which the witnesses name was signed. There
was sufficient difference. however. to leave II
doubt upon that point; the characters Of the
signature seemed Grmcr and holder than those
oithc other writing AMI the ink looked frcshcr
and darker.
SUBSEQUENT inquiry revealed that Dareni D.
Anthony was a young man about % years Of
axe. and that for tine past four years he mad
been employed MS clerk in the on OF William
Ncnvlll. n lawyer doing business at ii John
street He had not been to the Office during the
day which was so rare thing with him that
his employer was alarmed. Mr.. Venyill says
that young Anthony had boon in his Office for
four years. in which time he had shown himself
t. be very caEable industrious. and steady
young man. " There was nothing in his man
ner" said tho lawyer who seemed 10 be greatly
distressed about his clerks disappearance, To
suicide don't believe 1t possible that he can
have iakon his own life Why. he was the most
cheerful high-spirted young man ever met.
despondent can't at all account for his hat.
stick. aud pockethook being found in such
but am sure he did not leave them there in
any drunken iroc. for he was not in the least
degree addicted 90 drinking. As far As know.
he never drank anything stronger than an occa-
sioual glass II hecr When he lef here yester-
money with hin. Tut he had a valuable watch
aud cnain. which might. perhaps. Oder sum,
soon shall think ne has been murdered. can
account for his DISAPPEARANCE In no other way,
But before anything about this appears in THE
suS, you had better assure yourself that he Is
not al home. II rs not improbahie. think. that
BE- may have returned last night
Mr.. Anthony's fellow clerks curroborated Mr..
Venvills account of his steadiness and cheerful
mapner. Nj one Of them believed that he had
destroyed himself OF gone on cnrousr. The
been murdered down by the river. and the body
thrown from one II the piers
The assurance the lawyer : poke OF was speed
lily obtained. Mr.. Anthony lived with MS fath"r
and mother AMI brother at JOS East I22d
ington avenue; His brother said that Bareni
qult home ,n,Hrly on he previous day, nnd az
uneasy about him, and expected him Ia De back
before very long. H.. often stayed away from
and We We're not afraid then that anything
had anppened TO HIM; nor are we now ! am
nan, and. indeed, he could have had no cause
u take MS own lie. ms prospects were excel
lent. he was in good health, and always in high
spirits. Oh we shall see him again"
The police however 10 not share this opinion.
II is almost impossible, th"y say, that the MISS
Ing man could have been murdered. as the
tlichtet alarm at the place whore the hat.
once bring several officers to his aid that place
being particularly well guarded They have
own life. You SOFT said The Sergeant in the
Twentieth Street Police Station yesterday, " he
was engaged to be married, and he was with the
hafnFA
stick and peck etbook were found by the river.
Nov. my theory is that the couple hqd lovers
hink that he. being very young and inexperi-
eheod. went down e. tho river. flung his hat
%pe n rs woTSns on the as care u
illlY, and expect soon 10 learn what has become
81 LIP tui am afraid our Inquiries VIII lead
bnnIilng more than this
The marriage engagement spoken Of seems to
nave been ne one romance q the young law
yers llie. Mr. j. HGyler. at his soda water es;;
Enlistment ut s67 Broadway. employs several
Young women: Among them is Miss Minnie
bal bon paying attention for more than Two
Elfs Ihey were ike children. said Mr..
% h"l home before he went 10 his Own.' On
Thur lay afternoon Mr.. Anthony started from
uc ia" office in John street at o'clock and
went up Town 10 Mr. Huyler's store where he
me- M-s Butler. Later in the evening he &c
Edllor'i there was no disagreement or quarrel
o c'ge u mem; He parted from her at about 10
wv ~ tt4l hlNoI lltl hQuT iiDllllhk 10 Known ~
hH mNcmrnts. Miss Butler has not yet been
w't of h'r lovers disappearance suppose
y hc l'"~ pot return home tonight" said Mr..
hRIr shall have 20 tell her; but dread
IhE H. she Is so sensitive and nervous that
| WssIoek Will be tremendous"
Mr. liuyi-r Is inclined to discrodit the theory
oisu,rilr, and y adopt Nh yenyllrs. that the
}ouhE man has been murdered. He thinks that
u addition 10 his wat h and chain, lie had
no. 500 IN hls pocket when he left Miss But
ieraul -'ai'"d ior home but neither he nor
anyone use who can be discovered has any idea
| rH.l l.ok th" missing man so far out Of his
n m Wtll route as Thirteenth avenue and
h"eAly mn street. H. cannot tell. either why
S'nny .9p" obtaining the document executed
- Nr7. Nooreh ould have boon addressed 10
n'il' as \" LAD NO previous knowledge Of the
ystiY. y knew her to be one Of Mr.. Ven
n4s ~ n's, AMI that she owned con-
sGef"nl' property She gave her hus-
IAN" power OF attorney to collect her
hoh,y and u.s. ii Ms she directed Her hus-
p p;. j. however BECAME disspated, and did not
nS.,nu ~ l"rly 20 her business. She therefore
ItN9h.l ~" authority she had given him. Mr..
sor, nl "ln -sing the execution Of the noces-
wal Mi, 81 ARlhoq{ the mother Of the missing man
W1a9l lli huJier's house last night. and
s"uEi anxious, She was quite collected. and