New-York tribune., 1879-09-18

| foIlowing dav he was excessively nervous and said
| he could not sleep lie told ms clerk, Oharles ~
| Newton, that he Thought he would 90 away unt .
or two aud try 10 ret some rest. iie Walk 'n,'
| the citv in the rain that dav. ana conpialhe' ~
| pains In the back of h,s head. On W ciht,l' y
nigit he could NOT get anN sleep. hnd NJ "'i"ch
| Thursday morning wnR found sitting up IN III room
~ No 50j LcxIngton-ave. He went to ms once ~
University Building Washing on-square. VeI' cafiv
that morning. and after leaving memorandum
for Mr. Newton to 10 10 Brooklyn about some Ousl-
ness returned home in time for breakfast.
This was the last seen of him hy lis iriehIs'
tonpd ngd fIs that ME Mr. Rcdpaih had been there
and gone but had loft moi hing 10 indicate 10 Mhal
place The last heard from hun WIS 'hnp.us" /"
message tn Mrs George ChoTperng. No: o'2 Lex
mcton-avc. with whom he boarded. saying that he
was goiur away for few days, that ne neeoeu sea
air and that his head was IN a.tcrihlc cpnu'
lie took hardly ANYTHING in the way oi clo'nins ii,
his sstchel and wore simply light iann.l suit anu
a straw hat. Neither was he PROVIDED I"r a. np en-
tended tour or absence, not having ~. W. cT,nnlcJ
with ihe act that his business en2ag"ihehtS nav
demanded ms presence or attention every ut I'M,
he disappeared make iiIs IIe4lS oho,,t same
has lost his mind aud l. wah"eIi"e ""'"' '
where "A mental and physical Nie'h. -.
Mir Newton first became anxious ab'ul his cui-
ploycr's absence on Tuesday. september - wnen ne
,a,i.d Ca h. at Newport where he had arranged TO
Lr nr,sent at the d6uut of Name Bcnchcy, assisted
bv the New-lork philharmonic SoIlt,E. E..o,,.', Dnor
alarmed ms ir,rnds sen; dispatches 10 MS lrH"nai
friends IN Boston. Washington, ana wherever
there vas any probability Of his beng oul no ii'e
Of could be found. Ills lfii'lN'H ''''
amazni sl;-h and inquiries were sehj 10 "ehi, "ut
I, no purpise. Up 70 iast night no liGhu na" p'o"
thrown ON lis strange disappearance. -, -,
The missing man. although widely known
throughout the United States Tor the iasi twenty
vrnrs i. only loriv-scven years OF age. Ills name
recent ha, been most closely associated with thc
Rrdp,th Lecture Bureau OF bOslDn ot which ana
the whole Lecture bureau system. ne was Inc orIgi-
nafor more than ten years ago. AOohi l9uI years
since hc sold out his bureau to Mcssrs. hathaway
Pond and wont 70 live m Washington lie was ap-
pmntcd clerk to the Teller Committee. which was
sent To LO iis 10 Investigate tnr etctlnh III 'ha'
STATE and nlsD of rs subcommittee. which went 10
Sauth Carolina FIR the same purpose In
the summer Of 1873 he had "A contract with Edison
tor the cNmbii iOn OF his Photographs, and "uling
the ousuing Winter was the manager ior ColOnei
Robert Iugors0lps course Of lectures. Before the
war "a, travelled through the southern states on
lonf observing the condition Of tine dawes. ana was
"a personal friend of JOHN Brown, ral-l' "a company
and taking part IN the Kans.,s Bender var. Tie was
never "a maA oi strong physique. Vas great SUI
fcrer from dyspepsia. and has been breaking down
since Last Apul tr MAY. Ia his business transdc-
tiou, Ac has always borne a good reputation lot
carving out his contracts. and this perhaps more
than ANYTHING else makes MS TRENDS douDiy ulk
ious al his absence. wien lis presence Is Oh such
vital importance to ms business.