The New York herald., 1878-01-11
A MISSING MANAGER.

MR- J. c. FRYERs MYSTERIOUS DIsAPPEA RANCH
FROM THE LOUISVILLE norEL-HIs FRIENDS
AT LOSS 10 ACCOUNT FoR II.
The m ry regarding tho dsappearaucc ofMr.J q.
Fryer continues. lie lett Nashville December 80 to
20 to Louisville, ana municated ut the time with
his friends New York-nis letters all expressive OF
his being IN good health and having nothing novel
plated Ia tho immediate future. AT Louisville
ho located ut the Louisville Hotel and gave himself up
to tho consideration OF the business concerns Of the
company, who were appearing at tho Opera House
there. Tho troupe's sojonrn Ia that city
inmate ut the close OF tho week, aud last Friday
night Mr. Fryer prepared to prccede them ST. Louis
to mako arrangements Tor their appearance there
His trunk and vaisc he carefully packed, and such
other movables as no proposed bringing with him
were In readiness for the journey. II was growing
late and ho tarrcd only Tor n short timc with somo
members OF the company In the hotel before going to
his That tho last Oi him. In tho
morning his DISAPPEARANCE excited tho astonishmoIt
aud OF his associates, and they began search
room his baggage renamed "a he had lett IT, but NOT
u trace oil hun could bc found.
Fancying that owing to somo peculiarly urgent
family or private roason tho missing manager had
gone home TO New York Mr Paul \. Nicholson. ono
Of tho attaches OF tho company, on nndng 1t ST.
Louis no news OF hin sent tho following despatch to
Mr. Fryer's family
Mr. Fryer left tho Louisville Hotel Saturday ,nornng
Has no returned homer We hAye not heard Of him
10 which his wife replied that since January she
had received word from him. that nothing
further had been heard OF Fryer, how the search
for him Is progressing
MS WYE RANT OF HIS WHEREABOUTS
HERALD reporter called upon Mrs. Fryer ut her
residence No. 800 East l24th street, TO learn her
opinion oi the matter He found the lady IN deep
distress at the VI her husbands mysterious ab
sence and utterly at u loss to account ior IL
''Do you know ot any motive that could exist for
Mr. Fryera voluntarily aosentiug h'mseiy" asked
tho reporter
"l am ignorant Of any," the lady said 'He
utterly wrapt III tho business o tho company, and
was laboriug most scduously 10 promote It's in,erosts.
Every letter received from him udicutod how heav.
ny his cohcern tor the happy issue OF the enterprise
rested upon him. aud can conceive no reason OF suf
ncent Importance to Induce him " give over bis at-
toution to IT,
''ilsvc you been IL frequent correspondence with
Ar. FrycrT'
'oh, ycs Hardly ever a day passed without his
writing to aud acquaintng with what was going
on am naturally anxious, and lie look occasson.in
this way 10 relieve me as much as possibe. Accus-
TONED have been To RECEIVING letters so often Il
surprised not from han since January 2
was considerably worried, evan before received
the despatch acqnaintng with his disappcarancc.r
"Was January tho date OF tha last lcttcryn
"No; It WAS dated December 20 1t came from
Nashville, but delivered hero January q"
"Dd 1t contain notnos likely u throw any lgnt
..Nothing," said Mrs Fryer, dcjeciedly; .not a
word. lie wrote to tell me he was going 10 Louis
vile, and tnat be was In cxccuont health. He
planned, however about business concerns, about tho
worry and annoyance they caused him, aud no sp-
pcarcd IRON the tone OF the letter 10 have great deal
on his mind. But that was all. There was nothing
''Havc you any opinion yourself how Mr. Fryer'a
disappcafance might be accounted iorr"
fRYERs iSPiiNirY.
"wol. IL might somehow be due to complaint hs
had," said Mrs. Fryer, tnougntfully "Aithoush NOT
exactly subject TO apoplexy, hc was once or twice
prostrsted by nts- sudden rush oil blood to the
head always brought about peculiar symptoms OF
that KIND, such he lost com peto
troll OF ms senses. Was thinking that he may havo
suddenly had attack OF that nature and may bavo
fallen anong people VINO aid not know him and were
unable to learn who he WAS. I remember his being
prostrated in tho bathroom o0ce, but OF course that
could not well occur In tho Louisville Hotei without
its being known. Tho Doctor advised him TO to
always careful about exciting himself and DO on hls
guard against any recurrence Of such uttack.D
"Mr Frycr's habits could not lead " his absence ?'
"No; he vas msu OF extreme regularity he was
precise In his actions ana business and Just
matte In his habits He drank very ittlo and when
business he was strictly abstenious. Then ne was
not person TO become belaisd by meeting friends or
tho ike His tsstcs were quiet ana domestic and no
almost invariably retired carly. am a, loss to
500 how he could have disappeared unless, as said,
al.oplectic attack ovcrcnrc hin. Even that.
cvo!, seems unlikely. but know not wnat
thinS"
On Wednesday night Mrs Fryer sont to Louisville Q
despatch urging tho Chef OF Police thero TO exert
himself In searching ior some trace OF the absentee
ana to leave nothing uodono TO learn what had bc-
coinc OF her husband.
rnE MISSING GENTLEMAN
MIR. j. q. Fryer Is "a NAIVE oil London, fcrty-s!x
years OF ago. who to country nineteen years
aso. SINCE that time be has oecn concerned IN
numerous operate enterprises, and Always been
regarded with iavor and esteem For eleven years ho
was connected with srskosch in that genteman's
musical ventures and last he himself produced
Wafncr's operas at the Academy OF Music. On March
II no formed with Mmc Pappcnhen and Adams, an
opera company with which they were TO make the
tour ot the SouihoTn ana Western states returning
February this city, and opening ia tao Academy Of
Music the lltn oI that month.
Inquiries among the missing managers professional
trlcnds revealed ntilo more about him. lie q
genial good-naturcd gentleman, they said might
possibly forget himself la sociability bur who was
clear heaucd aud not Acly TO stray into danger OF
kind. Ho was careful man, too, ana gooi busiiess
manager. who would not DO apt 10 hinscli any
business Oh ntansismcnss he was generally successful
but doubt his enterprise this farcd bcI.
ter than most other ventures OF the Kind.
A largo circle Of trends anxiously awaiting
further news of him.