The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-07-23
Fl. wxNpRLL,s ABSENCE.

=. ]. WENDELL's ABSENCE.
The mysterious disappearance OF
Ferd Wendell still cast a gloom over
the community to which he belonged.
He had been ooUWected with news.
papers 10 the Missouri Valley for a
great number of years, and was an
active member of the Trans Mississippi
Associated Press. The following,
taken from the Leanvenworth Public
Press, his paper, may be Of interest to
tell. 1t contains the: facts up to
the 18th IF this month
On the afternoon of the 4th inst. 4,
Mr.. FL. Wendell. business manager
of he Public Press, started for St.
Louis, On business connected with the
paper. It was his intention to return
home on Sunday, the 9TH. unless he
should determine to visit Chicago also
before his return. Should he 90 to
that city, he would return home by
Thursday, and hearing nothing from
him. on Friday the 18th, We addressed a
letter to q gentlemen in St. Louis, with
whom he expected to transact some
business. On Sunday last, We re-
ceived a reply that they had not seen
Mr.. Wendell, nor heard of his being
in St. Louis. This sad news caused
great apprehensious for his safety.
We Immediately sent kilograms to
friends in Chicago, who made reply
that he had not been IN that city, So
far as they knew or could learn. We
also started ''tracers" on the line Of
the Missouri Pacific railroad, and
learned by note from Capt. j. c.
Walkinshaw. written on the mail
train on that road on Monday morning
the 18th. that Mr.. Wendell was a
passenger on the same train with him
self. on the 9Th of July, between Kan
sas CITY and St. Louis. and that he.
(Mr. WendelD. arrived in the latter
city On the evening of that dav, at
els all right. Capt. Walkinshaw
saw him leave the train at that time.
Since then we have had no tidings of
him. We fear he has been suddenly
sticken down BY the excessive heat, or
foully dealt with.
Mr.. Wendell was the business man.
ager Of this paper; had at the time of
his departure and still has, if alive,
authority to transact any bust
ness connected with it. He enjoyed
the fullest confidence of all con-
cerned, and had an enviable reputation
among business men as a gentleman of
the strictest integrity. honest. and
prompt in all his business engagements.
His sudden and mysterious disappear.
ance Is therefore 50 much the more ill.,
comprehensive. His unexplained alb
sence and the uncertainty Of whether
dead or alive, has cast the deepest
gloom over his fa7ily and friends. and
his wife and relatives are overwhelmed
with grief and sorrow.
His aye was sc years; he was 5
feet 10 inches high; slender in form;
brown hair, short and inclined to curl;
sh"rt full whiskers and moustache,
brown in color and greyish blue eyes.
Has gun shot wound through the
body and in the right forearm, received
in battle during the rebellion. He
wore a black cloth frock coat and
black Cashmere pants, white linen
duck vest. black "plug" hat. and low
cut shoes. He carried a gold-headed
ebony cane. engraved: champion
Buys to F. ]. Wendell, February 29th.
1876" Had on his person his bust
ness cards, and book of passes
over the Missouri Pacific railroad, in
his own name as manager of The Pub
lie Press. He also carried we'll worn
oil cloth satchel, in which he had
shirts. coat. pants, few copies of The
Dolly and Weekls Public Press. and
other pspers relaring to the business
Of this Office The coat and pants he
carried in the satchel were navy blue.
and the coat was of the blouse pattern.
ANY information as to his present
wherea bouts. If alive, or that NAV
lead to the recovery of the body iii
dead. will be liberlly rewarded aud
thankfully received by his grief strick-
en- family. ALI information should be
addressed to Mrs. F. j. WeodelI, care
Of Dr.. III. B. Horn, Leavenworth,
Kansas.
1t is barely worth the mention. but
it is perhaps as we'll to state once for
oil, that any statement from whatever
source. that Mr.. F. j. Wendell had
with drawn or in any other manner
served his connection with The Public
Press as business manager. is utterly
false. He has fom the first occupied |
that place, and all and every business
transaction of his has had The cordial
approval to all concerned. His inter-
course with the Office has been pleas
ant aud most satisfactory. He left
home on business connected with the
paper. was at that time its business