New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-20
OWEN EULREADS DISAPPEARANCE
no LIGHT ON TIE MYSTERY.

AN INVESTIGATION BY THE COMPANY WITHOUT
REsULT-THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF WOR-
CEsrER Dt,NCLNED 10 TALK ABOUT TIE
MATTER
! The mystery attached the disappearance OF
| Owen kulread. a caDIn passenger by the steamer
CITY Of Worcester from New YORK 10 Newton Ion,
| Coma. on tuesday night. Is stIil unsOlyed hui
read IS Resident of Belcuert0wn. Mass. where lot
many years h. has been engaged in business. tie II
/ said to be "A iran Of good reputation aud standing
| among ms fellow tOwnsmcn aud not gwen to
| drinking. Ga SlOnday nignt ne took passage from
! New London to New \ Ork for himself aud Two
! ladies' one OF whom was an Invalid. All the way
| down he was very attentive to hs companions. and
/ when be three lett the boat on Tuesday morning.
on IL arrival at this port. h. perfectly sober
| On Tuesday evening kuiread aud one OF the ladies'
| weut-on board the boat To return Al seven CLOCK
| he went forward 10 smoke cigar, and the lady did
! not see him AGAIN. At eleven o'clock, Thomas
/ McNear the DOW Waterman had some t'ouble with
/ kuTead, and there was severe struggle between
! them, According to the statement OI passenger
who saw the occurrence. this as an unprONOked as
! saut by McNear upon kTlreId. Out hcNear Is un-
derstood to say that the was the case II
minutes afterward kulread was seen again; Out
wneu the boat reached New-London ne was not
seeu to land. aud up 10 yesterday no trace VI lin
! had been found.
Inc CITY OF Worcester has made round trip
since tuesday. but nOthInS vas said aDout the mat
ter until her arrival mere again yesterday nipln
lug. aud very lltte then. The company mas ne!u
an inquiry at New London, ana th5 enpIOJes on
the boat showed a marked dIsnclluatIon to Talk.
Captain Lamphear sad to a iRiBUNH reporter
that s had not hcdru OF the disappearance OF huI-
read mill a long time after the arrival of the boat
at New London on Wednesday morning. 10 was
certainly strange affair. Inc man might nave
been drunk AM fallen overheard, OF he might nave
slipped on shore uEObserved, ana kept out ot the
way to avord arrest because OF his assault upon
McNear Was IN tue pllo-hOuse, the captain
said when the trouble occurred. and hearing loud
voice. the forward deck, sent PuOt ChtppclI 10
hnI ont what was the matter aud inmed ,ately
foil Wei myself. BY the time got there the row
was over. kuiread looked very ugly, while the
Waterman bruised and bleeding ana ms CLONES
w-Te standing near 20 take kulread down STAIRS
IL was dark aud don't know VINO tue men were.
wtnI upstairs again and heard nothing more until
the man relation, came to inquire after hliL
Pilot Chapyeu had nothing TO ada TO this state
ment Tue steamer ne said. nad Just passed
the Cornhed Ligni-h'p aui II vas ABOUT - =.
hunted mp Thomas :. Kelly and John tOley the
walters VINO 1t vas said, had carried huHedC
down stairs after the assault. toioy Ieiuseu 10
| talk. lie said that al that ne lnteuueu 10 SAY nc
had said to the superintendent OF the Company
and he would not ran thr Risk OF coutrddlctlHg MIN
self ami getting into trouble. Thomas :. Kelly,
VINO was doing duty As saloon Waterman, Denied
tuat he had heard nythius Ul Tue lrouole: lHe
/ only thing be- knew was THAT he 50" huIieal come
up stairs about hIllpast eleven and 90 out on the
| forward deck. He had not seen the man before
| nor aid he see hun alter lhe lre'4hu "dtchildh'
Frederick Harris, was supposed To know some thlng
of the affair but he kept himself ont ol the p" az ah
| could not ne seen. Everybody else on board claimed
to have been asleep the time of the altelcdti0n
or 10 know nothing about It.
The TACT of Una quarrel 80 short 4 time previous
to the seemed 10 direct Suspicion 10 the
! Wa,cnmau, InOdias Nom ar Who is dOout thlfty-
five years o! age lie is a'tieI Oui y wltnonr I'd
! family He lives IN NeW-London, ana mas lhe to
! putation OF beng very quiet man. captain
LampheIr speaks Ot him I'D the highest terms
Me ear III not cume down with the boat on / II
| dly night. but sta Jed 40 home IN case the police
! should want him. The crew express great conn
! d-nce tlat ne will he acquitted OF the talntest
suspicion of being concerned IN the disappearance
OF Kuread. The family aud friends OF huIIead
are very much worried about Inc matter.