Telegram-herald., 1886-04-18
DRUNK DAFT OR DEAD.


Yesterday m8r1luz fFeille AetSarr.u
-ae 6sarlsea yesr e.5 500 ~ Naaas Me-
Gaua. resisting a. 81 oossh Dls-loa slseet
stsrtsd via lais n.ead Aa3x sproal "a
ssarcb li sersalt -rI ils.as Ia tbs eouu-
try sgasl 81 lhe et9 lsa tae t~o bose
arrived a1 asier ttsek opposite tta,ifreg b
PLASTER Nils tbes s4a lglng ea ths bank
~ TIE slreaa. 8 .ast. vest al1 l4s and ulzl
siJl q gan siaatns sless 81 booking 81
then Iae uan all uoa t14eh tas c-et1es
eut ssise1 away AID tae boys
Went ID and eAan-as& tbem
fre8lie Acsfafun apoa inspecting
the garments closely discovered fhal they
belonged to q 1ae,ie oo4sllgg at his father =
asuse aaHed N. Auiersou. In The pocket
e1 tbe sesl as t9aad watch saa letter iu
the ceat addressed tg q Nr DuraaIu oi chs
csso. he Immediately returned ~ h.s
home and informed his father ol Tie dis
coFsry
TIE man whom tie goys saN IS known
as Doc ueane Young mau residing a.
81 Calder - h9 aa- spending tne aay
hunting Nf Deaue upon seeing the
clothes went 90 Dodifey plaster mills and
told the superintendent Wh0 leiephoned the
matter o. Police Headquarters ami Sergeant
Hurley went dowu % the nails
and secured the clothes coming 20
the conclusion that Anderson, the man
O. whom they belonged bad probably COM
mltiod suicide by drowning himself The
Sergeant Instituted a thorough search for
the body oui found 40 traces 0f IL.
A reporter for the TeiEoRAM-HERALD
called iasf evening opon Manus Mc0urrn
al his residence aud lhat gentleman said
Anderson came 10 thl. city tao weeks ago
last "Wednesday from Oshkosh Wisconsin
and secured board and lodging az nav house.
tie was Neil recommended and obtained
employment as an assent Cor + \ Fox. NhO
Is selling patent clothes wungers. As far
a. ! have known hmm he has been quiet and
Weli behaved. although he drank some and
scented 10 have trouble on his mlnd. He told
my Wlte that the cause ol his unhappiness
was lack of harmony between himself and
wife ou the subject of religion she being a
Protestant aud he Catholic His wife re
sides Ia Oshkosh The last / saw ot him was
this morning az breakfast There did not
seem 20 be- anything unusual the matter
With him tie did not say anything about
not being badk in time for dinuer."
Mr.. MCourr.n then related the occurrence
of the finding 90 the clothes by his son as
given above He c0uld not give any other
explanation for the disappearance Of Ander-
son than suicide
The reporter next called upon +. Y. Fox
who resides at the Brunswick Mr. Fox
Willingly told all he knew OF the case. lie
said that Anderson was about A.
year, OF age Swese highyi educated and
able 20 speak readily Holland. German and
Swedish and Wa the best salesman he had
ever had He bad known him two years
ago az Oshkosh. whore they both formerly
lived. Anderson had a wife and four
children and seemed % be happy in his
domestic relations He was a carriage
maker by trade but had got out Of employ
mcnt few months agO and he had given
him a letter of introduction 20 Mr. Durham
of Chicago This was the letter found in
the pocket of the coat by the creek. Mr..
Fox said further that Anderson had been at
times intemperate i'm his habits and had
once or twice acted strangely 50 that he
thought he was not quite right in his
mind His idea was that he was of
on spree or had wandered
of in tit of mental aberra-
ton. He had driven down the river as
soon as he heard of the disappearance, and
\ friend OF both Mr. Fox and Mr. An
derson. who did not want his name men
toned. stated that he was on confidential
terms with Anderson, and that the latter
bad been in unusually good spirits the
previous night, and had told him that he
had just met an old friend whom ne had
not .seen before Tor rs years thar they
We're so glad to see each other that they bad
wept in each others arms. and had been
out on a spree all day. His idea seemed "a
be that Anderson and his new found friend
had gone OIL on anOthsr drunk, and had
got lost.
Up 10 late hour this morning no trace
of the missing man had been discovered.