New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-22
SEARCHING FOR 4 YONG MN.
pIsAPPF,RIvG AFTER SHOWING CHECKS AND

DIsAPPF AIRING AFTER SHOWING CHECKS AND A
DrAMO>D-A YOUNG WOMAN N PARIS.
Private detectives have been searching the city since
the Latter part Of March for trace OF Frank H.
Magazines, young man, twenty-three years old. Mr..
Magnnes boarded with Mrs. Quinn, at No 10 East
Twenty -fourth-s and paid his board up to Saturday
March D. One morning in the following week he
came down stairs usual about o'clock and left the
house Since then nothing has been heard of him. He
was connected with the firm of ID. Van Orden q TO-,
contractors, who were doing work on the new
ferry house at the foot of Forty secondst, belonging
to the New-York, West Shore and Buffalo Railroad
Company His duties there Of general superin-
endent over the men, He left behind him in the house
all his clothing A chambcrmsm says that on the
morning of his disappearance he showed her TWO
checks for 5000 each She says that ne also showed
some letters which he said that he had received from
young lady in Paris a brother Charles Magnnes,
who lives in Albany, tecgraphed to, and he came
to the city and called upon Mrs Quinn lie pad the
amount of board due packed up his brothers clothes,
and sought the services of private detective several
of the boardcrs, with whom Mr. hagnnes was great
favorite subscribed amount of money to ad Ill the
search Mrs Quinn said 10 n TRIBUNE reporter that
he had boarded with her since January /, 1854 and
that she looked upon him "A model young man. as ne
in his almost every evening, where ne amused
himself with piano which he had there, and that she
never knew of his being ont later than o'clock She
also said that he showed her unset diamond the DAY
before he left, for which he told her that he had paid
$500.
4 friend of his who was also seen by the reporter,
said 4" Frank and | were schoolmatcs, and we're
graduated from the Albany High School together IN
1879. About a year aitcrWard he came to NcW-lork,
and went almost immediately to Paris. His parcnts
were both dead, and hc had been left fortune OF
about SO 900 which in charge of his guardian,
Samuel Schuyler, of the Schuyler Towing Company
He remained one year in Paris where he became ac-
quainted with wealthy young woman, with whom ne
seemed be infatuated. After his return TO the city
he az III a drug house for short time and then MI
Schuyler induced him to go into his Office az clerk
He remained there seven or eight months when ne
formed a partnership with Mr.. Rogers and engaged
in the business of painting steamboats, and tugs, ana
doing some insurance work. After making between
four and five thousand dollars i'll this business, the
film was dissolved and both he and Rogers went with
- Van Orden & Co., contractors He became IA
special partner putting into the business four or i've
thousand dollars. | don't know whether Rogers be-
came partner or not Frank had no motive whatever
TO destroy himself and it is hardly probable that he
was made away with in broad daylight lie carried a
valuable watch and chain and always had about nm
large sum of money in cash. He has brother ana
sister in Albany, both of whom are married MY pc
lief is that he has gone to Paris. lie was always TAX
ing about the young woman whom he had met there
and he received great many letters from her. hilt
there he spent great deal of money and at the time OF
his DISAPPEARANCE he worth eighteen or twenty
thousand dollars. His absence does not alarm me
much because il was his disposition TO take a sud den
notion and 60 off without letting his friends know any
thing about it,"