Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-15
AN EPIDEMIC
or Mysterious Dhspearances Prevail
ing in New Yen, Which the 8. Best
Police c.anOt Stop.
An Array Of Facts nat is Well Caleu.
lated to Frightea ne Peaceful Tax.
payers Of TIE Metropolis.

NEW YORK, Decsah.r 1.-THE Mornin.
who have been reports :, roi;.a bssdouar
tiers during the pressut -. - r,;.si1o R
something unprecedeni,5 IN the annals o
the Police Department ana tbs sntboritie
have for the past few d,ss hsen at their wits
end to discover the Bhee.,horts 81 sou,e on,
who had "mysteriou.Is d,S.nno.rsdu II
nearly every instance d. f-;anff Of the miss
ing person would report hat he or she hat
no family difficulties; 6.t ,heir bnsipes
was in q very prospetvr. condition. tina
they were OF very regul,r habits. and had n,
cause to leave home. ----- -
aA-----.r- r1zE DI1rPE1pAxcrs
When, however, the vkereabouts of a per
son was uncovered II va generally fount
tnat the person suddenly isf. in a fl of men,
tai uns9uno nss-, caused p business troubles
or wandered away while 1nder the infuencs
eff liquor.
RIcH's olse
Henry Rich, who has not as vet beer
heSro lron, Is, uT"eVef, supposed to be alive
ana trNeinS through the country. Hi:
mlnd Is kuPPoseu " lave become affected
through the serious illnes, of a relative who
has since died.
A MERCHANTS RETURN
Charles E. Foster, for whom friends were
looking for Eve days, sudae.,-- zr,---rrrs3 a
his house in Brooklyn Saturday Teek. He
could give no satisfactory aceonnt of himself
during his absence, but said he "Iound him.
self in Cincinnati"
HARLEA MAN N,.z,xs
The police were asked "a 4. an Lob.
out for Edward F. Ackerm,, /. -, -
Harlem, who has been mis;,, .s,sraI 5svs
He had S75 in his possessio5 vhen he lef,
home. and his family fear hat be has been
robbed and murdered. The police incline 10
the belief that he has wandered awsv from,
the city, as ne is said TO suffer from severe
headache.
A WIDOW LADY DIsArrRARs
Friends of Mrs. Mary Bl,ck . widow
lady who lived at No. 357 Eaz Seventy. irst
street, called on Superintendent WsIlino 10
consult him In regard to her disappearapce
She is sixty-two years old and left home ON
Thursday TO visit relative ii Williams.
burg. She did not arrive at her relatives
house, and has not since been sesn
WHERE Is ETA sAMrLR?
Another person for whom de,sct;raz ara
anxiously searching is young l,dv named
Mrs. Eta Sample, who dissppss1ed f.om
her home in Louisville, KY. sbou 4 week
ago. Her maiden name was Altman. and
she left her husband four days aiier her
marriage. In communicative 10 Iuspector
Byrnes it was stated that the yonns Won
was passionately fond of the stscs. md a
sharp lookout will be kept amonS he low
theaters on the Eowery.
A sILvERsMITH MISSING.
David Gibson, twenty-nine years of age.
a silversmith, of No. so Barrow street. was
last seen on Wednesday by his friends and
he is now among the missing. h Eve
feet ak inches in hight, swarthy and full
bearded. His disappearance has been tele-
graphed to all stations.
ANOTHER CASE.
Another alarm has been sent out for Ed
ward Heilton, aged thirty-three year. who
lived at No. 3 Franklin street, and disap-
peared on Tuesday. He was a hard.sork.
ing M an, and his absence causes much nm
easiness among his friends.
LOOKING FOR YOUNG WOMAN.
A young woman named Jessie Woodsard
is also reported missing, but the police and
her friends keep the circumstances Of her
secret.
NO TIDINes OF IDA swARTZ.
No clew has yet been obtained as 10 Ire
OF Ida Swsrtz, the school girl
who has been missing for three weeks.