New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-08
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| NO NEWS OF Mr.. DELMONICOi
ANXIETY OF HIS FRIENDS INCREASING.

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disappearance. Theories were plentiful but facts
few. Beyond the facts that he was last seen going
to the Cortland Street Ferry and that book oftele-
graph stamps bearing his name picked up in
Newark, no information of tue missing man has yet
been obtained
At the Fifth-ave. restaurant last night there
no signs of anything unusual having befallen tho
head of tho establishment. Theatre parties
and late diners filed the dining room,
while there was the usual complement Of
visitors But under his breath
everyone was talking Of the mysteri-
Gus affair. The general impression seemed
| TO be that some serious disaster had
! befallen Mr.. Delmonico, and that he would
never be again alive. 1t was also commented
on as extraordinary that man in Mr. Delmonico's
acknowledged weak state Of mind should not have
been more closely watched.
! An old friend of Mr. DemOnico's, and man who
is well known about town, was chatting over tho
affair In the cafe Take my word for it, said be,
| Charlie is alive and we'll.
He somehow became possessed of the idea that
his relatives going TO lock him up in asylum,
and he watched his opportunity to escape Per-
| haps his supposltion was not very far of tho
mark. Who knowsp
| At Police Headquarters no information about Mr..
! DelmOnlco's movements could be obtained. No
alarm was sent out to the Precincts and
| III was Salu tnaJ none OF me uctectVes
had been detailed to make a search
for the missing man. Inspector Diks said late at
night that he would see the sister ofMr. Delononico
this morning by appointment to help to take meas
ures for finding the missing man. The
Inspector who knows Mr.. DclmOnco WELL is Of the
opinion at by some chance he went of to Europe
steamer
The publication in yesterday TRIBUNE of the
story of the disappearance caused much talk in
both uptown and downtown circles All
motives for conccalment being now with
drawn, Mr. DemonicO's friends and relatives
conversed freely of the affair and eagerly canyassed
the probabilities and chances of his safety. Tho
exact facts concerning the manner of his leaving
home were correctly stated only in TIE TRIBUNE.
HOW MIR. DELMONICO LEFT HIS HOUSE.
Mr.. DemOnlco's niece, Miss Crist was seen yes
tcrday at the house in West Fouteenth-st., and
SAID to HRIBUNE reporter:
:" For the past week we have all thought my
uncles condition much improved He was more
cheerful than he has been Of late, and it only
last Friday he was arranging to take me to tho
theatre. About halfpast eleven on Saturday morn.
ing he told his sister that he was going ont. She
tried TO dissuade him from it, but he seemed firmly
resolved. She then prayed him earnestly to wait
at least until his nephew could 60 with him. My
brother TO whom she referred, was lying down at
the time trying to get few hours rest, for he been
up with his uncle all the night be-
fore and was worn out. Mr.. Del
monicO, however, would not listen to anything and
putting on his hat and coat slipped out, the at
tendant, who for several weeks has been with him
through the day, accompanying him. They had
only gone short distance when the man left him
and went up to DR.. McBrde's to ask him for in
structions. We all think the attendants conduct
most disgTacefu Beyond hearing that a genile-
man saw him get out at the COrtlandt Street sta
tion of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Road, and after
speaking to him saw him take the Cortlandt Street
Ferry, we have had no tdngs of him to-day
DR.. r. A. Mcbride, who was seen at his office in
East Twenty-fOurth-st, said q think there
must be some mistake. As | understand It, Mr..
DelmonicO left the house alone and mperceiyed,
but soon as his departure was discovered the at
tendant was sent after hlm and made the gleas
mistake of coming to me instead OF trying TO track
the patient. OF course by the time the man reached
there nothing to be done; so l sent him
statement Of yesterday
What is your opinion as to the state of Mr.. Del
monico's mind 7" was asked.
MIR DemOnico is one of my patients and there
fore my lips sealed on the subject" said Dr. Nc
WHAT CAPTAIN WILLIAMS SAYS.
Police Captain Williams, who, as already stated,
has taken active measures in the search since Sat-
urday, was smoking cigar in his private room in
the Thirtieth Street Station, when TRIBUNE re-
porter saw him.
IL should like to club that attendant" said he.
Fancy letting man in Mr.. DelmonicO's condi-
ton wander OIL alone, when he especially hired
to take care of him 1t is mOnstrous."
Have You formed any theory as 70 what has be-
come of the missing man ~
None whatever. He eslOst in aibg city, and you
know what that means. If you don't, do; aud
the meaning is that search is nearly hopeless My
opinion that Mr. Delmonico is not so
widely known personally as one might
suppose Very few of my policemen knew him by
sight, and with the exception of some Wall Street
restaurant we're any better acquainted with him.
1t was different with his uncle, ho was not only
widely known, but was a striking figure IN crowd
to those who had never seen him before Charles,
on the contrary Is a commOnpace-lookng man,
and might easi escape recognition; ! can ohly
say that | have done my work as thoroughly as
possible though so far without success. Every one
of the places in my precinct where he might by any
possibility be found has been thorough watched
and searched; but, as | said before, Mr.. Demonco
is lost in a big city, and for all We know may be
quietly stopping with block or two OF u.s. one
thing certain: he cannot be with TRENDS Tor
they all know his sad condition He cannot even
be with respectable strangers for there were means
of identihcgtlon about ms person; and ne ne cannot
be at a hotel, for he would, in all probability, have
registered his own name and that would at once
have attracted the attention Of any hotel proprie-
tor. Though YOU can hardly call Mr.. DelmOnico
a man Of public mark, his name is known, sup.
pose, all over the world"
W. l.. Whttemore who was on a Sixth Avenue
Elevated train about noon on Saturday, saw
Mr.. DelmonicO in the same car. Though only
slightly acquainted with him. he thought him
looking so Ill that he leaned IOrNaIu as the tram
neared the station, and said:
Are YOU getting out at Cortlandt-st Mr. Del
mOnicOG"
&" Yes" was the answer; :" | am not going down
to Rector-st to-day" RectOr-st. is the station he
usually alighted at when visiting the downtown
restaurant ~ ,.
"If you'll take my advice said Mr.. WhittemOre,
you'll go right home, for can see how Ill you
must be-
Mr. Delmonico's answer was short, and to the
effect that he was all right and had businesshe must
attend to.
ANXIOUS INQUIRIES DOWNTOWN.
Mr. Delmonico particularly well known in
the lower part of the city, and his many friends
~. thn