New-York tribune., 1886-01-05
in the Atlantic Basin Brooklyn fell from ladder last
evening aud was drowned His body was notrecoyered
MR.. PHGBUS VENT TO LIVERPOOL.

THE YOUNG LAWYER SENDS MESSAGE TO HIS
FRIENDs-HIs LETTER TO HIS BROTHER.
A message dated at Liverpool was received
yesterday from George Ph9bus the young lawyer who
disappeared the day before Christmas Iwas address.
ed to his brother and said that he had arrived there all
right, and had Louis Wronker with him. He promised
to write letter explaining everything. Phebus Is
young man whom his friends thought promising He
came from Delaware, where his father, the Rev. Dr.
George Phebus, who now lives in Brooklyn, was O
Methodist preacher of distinction Phbus studied law
with Colonel Charles Spencer In this city, ana re-
NAMED with him for some time after his admission 10
the bar. He built up respectable practice which was
supposed to be yielding him $4,000 year lie had peeh
connected with important cases and did valuable
business Recently he has had an office with
Colonel C. W. Moulton in THE TRIBUNE Building, where
Louis WrCikcr. bright young fellow OF seventeen years.
was employed as office-boy Ph9bus took liking 10
Wronker. and kept him with him good deal They ais
appeared about the time and Wronkers parents
live No. III Division.st. have blamed Phebus
seriously for their sons misconduct Wronker received
anote from Phebus December a. aud left his home
promptly. Until the reassuring telegram yesteruay hs
parents had no idea where he was.
Phebus left note his brother dated two days be-
he away stating that he was $50 deeply In
voved" that he could get in time to save him.
self that he going and did not know where ne
should turn up; that he going to reclaim himself,
and that no should be his ruin one had been
This last statement supposed to refer to young ac
tress Miss Bessie Cameron who married Min secretly
last May He first her during the representation OF
"Called Back" In which she played last winter They
became attached to each other, and two OF Ph9Duss
friends Gilman p. Smith and r. ID. A. Wade, witnessed
ther wedding. The marriage announced later. and
Miss Cameron relatives particularly dlspleased
The couple lived together at tho Continental Hotel and
Phpbus anxious that his wife should retire from the
stage did wish do and from this point OF
difference others proceeded until their relations became
strsued and unhappy. Miss Cameron went West Win
her company, and when In this city stopped with her
own peonle Phebuss friends say that money matters
did not sau.e his flight He was known to DC somewhat
and to costly dinners and had spent
q good deal OF money his wifc. Bat nothing has oc-
Cured lead to the suppostion that he has done any
thing financially discrcditable His friend, MT smith.
says that PhPbus drafts on him which he had
no business mako. and he let them go back unpaid
but Colonel MOultOn thinks that he could easily nave
collected money enough from his practice to spend Few
weeks abroad. Colonel Mouton says that PheDus mas
been sick for tme and that when he went to get MS
life insured recently the physician told him that he had
Brgh disease Of the kidneys and that he ought to take
an ocean trip right away This advice 1t is thought IN
addition his domestic troubles, determined him. ana
rather walt decided to take his favorite compan
ion and 20 without ceremony