The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-03-08
A ROMANTIC MYSTERY.
The Strange Disappearance ofa Hnn abaut
10 be Married.

/ What became of Joe Ohambard who lef
the city three long months ago TO marry thu
girl of his choice and consummate a happi.
less to which he had looked forward fol
years? This is a question which up to The
present day forms one of the deepest and
saddest enigmas in the police history of this
city. And judging from the fact that the
best efforts of detective skill have been ut
tery futile, it is doubtful indeed if any light
will ever be thrown upon it. People soon
forget these things and the eircum.
stances of this case have doubtless faded
from the public mind IT was late in the
fall when Ghambard, who had been foi
months one of the attaches of the Delmon.
leo restaurant, left this city for Galveston,
10 be married TO girl to whom he had been
long engaged. He was quiet, inoffensiye
man, never thrusting himself forward, and
who had by months of the most patient
economy finally succeeded in saving enough
of his seanty wages to enable him to fulfill
this cherished desire. Shortly before he
left he visited his friends aud told them of
his intended departure, making host OF
little preparations. He had about 81 900
which he was advised to place in draft On
some Southern bank, but like all people
who earn money slowly and save II equally
so, he preferred to carry it upon his person
in the actual currency. He was told that
this was foolish, and might possibly place
him in danger, but he laughed at fear, and
said that he would go through all right.
From this city he went secretly to Pueblo,
where he spent day with friend and dc
tailed to him all his plans. He was going
to stop off at st. Louis, he said, and have
his wedding clothes made there This he
thought would occupy the best part OF q
week, and then he was going directly to
Galveston, where the ceremony would be
performed. In the evening he left on his
/ journey. Two weeks later message came
to this city from Galveston asking il Cham
bard had started. This was profound sur
prise to his friends here, who supposed, as
matter of course, that he had reached his
destination ere that. This gave rise to inn
mediate inquiries, and the police Of st. Louis
nciN 1T phSN tSicHfuDucu w. pluCt tIut
time inquiries, prolonged for months, hay"
esulted simply in tracing him to st. Louis
At that point every elew is lost and from
The instant that the train drew into the do
pot he vanished from the eye of everyone
At the instgation of his friends here the pc.
lice Of st. Louis made active and elaborate
inquiries for him in every direction, but
without success. The dives of the city were
explored in vain for clew Or anything like
one. He is simply to be classed among
those coming under the terrible head,
Missing" The fact of his long prepare
tons and the mate character of the man
will never permit his friends to believe that
nc ran away, and but one conclusion re
mains-that he was foully dealt with.
The little girl who was to be his bride still
waits patiently for his return, and refuses to
believe that he Is dead, while his parents in
the far Southern States are plunged into an
uncertainty which is Infinitely worse thar
actual disaster, - Leadyiiie Chronicle.