The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-26
.HESIS STIL,L5M ST i, MISSING.
IsEv.rHoArrsoN'sD sDIsAppEA.AScr
s"ppohtions as to tho Cause of Ills Absence.
Tho Man Who Last Saw iIiu-Tns Minis. 4
'er'S lli.Ileaith nnd Ills Use OF &
= prugs-A Yery Long serfaon. y'i3

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NEW foRK, Dec. o5.-Thc following
additional particulars have been learned
IN regard to tho mysterious disappearance
OF Rey.J, Z. Thompson, interest in whose
disappearance has not lessened, though
nothing definite as to the cause Of ,his
sudden departure or the probable placc
TO which he went was ascertaincd. fIle
had suffered for years from disorders grow.
ing out oil Imperfect digestion and irrcgu.
lar habits Of life" Insomnia troubled him
greatly, and he resorted to drugs in order
to sleep and to cure nervousness.
lie was in the habit Of using
bromide ol potassium and chioraI
hydrate: Tho supposition entertained
yesterday was that he took an overdose Of
the latter drug on the morning he left Mr..
LaEue's house, on Hancock street, and
came to this city while under its intlu-
enee. lilo recovered sufficiently to inform
his friends where he was and then proba.,
bly repented his indulgence in the. in.
sidlous drug. When he came to his
senses ho was too much ashamed OF his
conduct 10 go back and face his friends,
ana iinding his bank book in his pocket
drew considerable sum, determining TO
journey 10 some distant place to suck iull
restoration to health. ,11.f.-
Mr.. Ia RUE's STATEMENT. -
Mr.. La Rue said to reporter: ~ was
the last person who saw Mr.. Thompson in
Brooklyn. His mind seemed 10 be all
right, though he was tired when he rot 10
my house. But he ate hearty lunch and
smoked cigar. The Sunday Tribune was
lying on the table and he took il up and
looked over it. He read the cable letter from
London, and spoke Of meeting Mr.. Glad
stone when he was abroad last sum lncr.
We also talked about the redistribution
bill and then driited into politics, as We
often did when together. sat IN until
half past one o'clock. l was wakened
about 3 o'clock by n watchman and found
Mr.. Thompson had gone. = u ssl-G
stattSu out Ill ScaICl VI him nnu TO see
his friends, but found no trace OF him. | |
cannot imagine how he happened to have
his bunk book with him in Jersey CITY. |
unless he got it that night when he babe
good bye to his wife. 1t doe vnot seem |
probable that he carried it all the timG. |
lie did not draw quite 1900" -,5e-.
WHAT MEN DEEs OF HIS CHURCH THINK.
The general opinion among the MEM
bers OF his church is that Mr.. Thompson
was not insane before he went away. The
only strange act he committed in the pull
pit was last spring, when one evening he
made n long prayer and then
preached still longer sermon. After
he preached IN hour some of
the congregation rose and went
out. lilo stopped and said: "That's right!
Go ont If you want to, but must preach
this sermon all out" lie stopped and
said, 81 never have had chance to !
preach full sermon iii this church,"
Then he went on, most Of the people re-
naming until he finished his discourse,
which occupied two hours and quarter.
At the drug store nearest to AR, Thomp.
soE's home it was said that he never got |
any chloral there, but frequently rot
bromide Of potassium. awe.