The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-18
HE is MISSING.
And Has Been so Stree The Fourth
of the Present Month, and no
Trace of His Whereabouts.
F. ]. Wendell, Of the "PubIic
Press" is Unhesrd From,
and His Friends and
Family are Much
Worried and
Disturbed.


/ ]. Wendell, late the manager of the Eoe1iir,g
f'utac ITes, ieft this city Tor ST. Louis, being
Oh business CONNIE cied with that paper. Ar
| riving at Kansas city, he waited over, until
| four O'Clock, on Friday morning, when be
| took the through express on the Missouri
| Pacl fic road, went to st. Louis, arriving at
| the Union Depot in that city the same even
ing. Mr. J Z. Wslkinshaw, mall agent upon
| this line, saw him at the Union Depot in
/ that city as he stepped from the train, and
was probably the last man of his acquain-
/ tanc. who has Seen him since mis- departure
from LraveL woIth. Al that Time WenGel
SEEMED 10 be
| IN GOOD sPIEITs,
with nothing unusual in either his appear
| ance or his actions, and taking this into COM
siuerstion ms vile and relat. Yes are very
much worried and ] Imed at b y continued
absence an silence, as when he W, ut away
he calculated 10 be gone three days. provid-
| ed he didn't go TO Gu csgo, and IN the latter
case he had Intended 10 be gone only "A week.
IL WAS his custom when away from home.
| a. a TIMES representative WAS Informed by
Mrs. Wendell, - write frequently, or, II lac
did not write, to telegraph, but ia TINS case he
had done neither, although ne has been alb
sent eleven Gays
TELEGgaMs AND LETTERS
have been sent to business men and friends
in 81. l. buis and Chicago, with whom the
missing man had either business or social
relations, and In each case the reply has
invariably been that he has not been seen
the hotel arrivals, as published in the ct.
Louis paper, do not contain mention OF him,
ped al hotel at all. The Lindell is tie
house at which he ususlly registered, but his
name does not appear In the papers in the
list of arrivals Al that hotel. He wore, at
the time OF his disappearance, a broadcloth
coat, black Cashmere pants, white duck
linen vest, silk hat, low shoes and carried a
cane, gold beaded, with his name inscribed
thereon. He also had
A SMALL sATCHEL
with him containing his cards and other
means Of Identification, and also had a num-
be. OF his cards with him upon his person at
the time Mrs. Wendell thought the descrip-
fioi.of stranger who died from sun stroke at
one of The city hospitals iu 81. Louis cores
ponded with his appearance, but the
cloihing was entirely different and there was
nothing upon the person OF the deceased |
which could lead To his identification, IL Is |
not, in any probability, the missing man. |
He had, evidently, not been around st. Lou : |
al all after his arrival there, as neither his |
friends nor any OF the business men with |
whom he had formerly had or Was 10 have |
business relations had seen him. |
AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. HORN. |
A TIMES representative called last evening |
at the residence OF Dr. H. B. Horn, publisher
and proprietor OF the Public Pres, which is /
also the residence OF Mrs Wendei, AT the
northwest corner Of Ottawa and Second
streets and had a conversation with him in /
relation To the mystery connected with Wen
delI's disappearance; Inc Doctor seemed
in distress at the unaccounttble absence of |
Mrs Wendell was also present |
luflng the INTERVIEW
.WiIat is th.. latest you have heard in
regard to the whereabouts of Wendell, doc.
tor?" queried the representative
.'Nothing al all, rt sponded the doctor. The /
uhoI. thing Is very mysterious and
neither myself nor any one OF the family
understand il. We expected him home last
sunday, a week ago, but as he didn't come
then we surely thought he would arrive last
Thur sday, as ne might po sibly go To Chicago,
and thai IL ne did ne wouldn't lie home I'M
TAI the latter date. We havn Z heard a word of
m, nr him. either DN lettHF or tete11apl
since he left, and don't know what To make
o. H."
..Is there any thing in any way, connec.ed
with the disappearance, from which you
couldform an OPP nion regarding it,"
-.,othing. We are all comp etely In the
dark ,.-He went on "A business trip simply,
and nDtnirg else. can give no eNplation re- |
,arding his absence, as there v as nothing here
whic would induce him 10 remain away"
IL see. doctor, that a short time ago, Wen
ieli's name was taken from the head of the
sol umns of the Press manager, and yours
inserted a. editor and publisher. What was
me reason OF that
.WeII, you see, a great many Of the papers
Df the state. have been saying that Ferd was |
gambler and drunkaTd, and he thought
that pes hap> this sort of talk might be stop |
ped II his name was taken down. He never
Dw ned dollars worth in the paper anyway
md probably some .: his friends advised HIM
20 take his name down FeTd used To gamble
good deal, you know, and he thought IL
pest to have his name name taken down SO
as to stop all their talk That's why IT was
lone"
"How do you account for his silence in wri-
ting or ort.iegraphing, and for his remaining
away"
IL can't account for IL in any way-I have
re peaiedly TO st. Louis and ON.
cago, but every answer I have received is To
the same eff ct, that he hasn't been seen. |
thought from the description given in one OF
ST. Louis papefS, OF .spt saturday morning, OF
a man who was sun>Iruck and taken Ia the
hospital. that il might be him, but as the
clothes didn't correspond with those he wore,
and As they couldn't find anything upon his
person 10 identity him, ielt sure II couldn't
DE him."
Mrs. Wendell then said that her husband
had been sunstruck once, about four years |
ago, ana that every year, during the hot
weather, the symptoms came upon him, and
that he com ps,ined OF pain in his head and
spine. Ga the night OF the 3rd Of July he
70 nplained a good deal, and seemed 10 suffer |
somew hat, although the next day he seemed
well enough, aud IN AS gooI spirits as usual. |
Mrs. endell was very much worried, and
said no one in the house had slept or eaten
for three days, great was The anxiety
caused by WendelI's disappearance.
MYSTERIOUS CASE.
IL is certainly a mysterious case, and a
most complete one, as no one connected with
The ptIblil Press OF those outside. seem 10
know anything regarding the missing man.
He has written To no one, and since Mr.
saw him on the evening of the
5th in the Union Depot AT st. Louis, no clue
has been obtained, nor seems obtainab e, as
;o his whereabouts. There may be reasons
for his remaining away OF which no one il
cognizant, or 1t may be that something has
befsllen him. AT present, however, the case
Is surrounded by mantle of doubt and sus-
picion, which sub bsequent evculs IL may poS,i-