The Portland daily press., 1886-11-15
WHERE IS EDWARD PAYson FOX.
His Accounts Right, His Habits Good
But He Can't be Found.

Friday morning the PRESS announced that
Mr.. Edward p. Fox, employed by Comey q
Co.. New York, was missing, and giving HIS
description. The New York Tribune Of Sat
urday gives the following account Of his
loss: 1T Is thirteen days since Edward
Payson Fox walked out Of the store Of Co
mey & Co., No. 577 Broadway. IN whose en-
ploy he had been for thirteen years, and
neither his family nor his employers have
been able to find any trace Of him since. Mr..
Fox was the confidential bOOkkeeper, cor
respondent and salesman Of Comey u Co..
and on Nov. went to the store, as was his
custom, about q. m. He opened the safe,
read the mail. wrote postal card to his
msther, who lives In Monmouth, Me-, and
then, without putting ON his oyereoat. went
out Of the store without saying a word.
There was nothing singular about this, for
he was not accustomed 10 give explanations
Of his e0mings in or goings out, unless ne
was to be gone an unusually long time'
AS he did not return that day, great alarm
was felt for his safety, and the store was
kept open for an hour later than usual, ana
then Superintendent Murray was cvmmuni-
Gated with. strict inquiry az all the police
stations and hospitals failed 70 reveal where
the missing man was. A thorough inspec-
tion Of the books Of COmey & Co. showed
that they balanced TO a penny, and also that
Mr. Fox had charged himself with 500. only
a portien Of the money. due him by the firm,
on the Saturday previous. No reason can
be assigned for Mr.. FOx's sudden departure.
for, in addition to his.accOunts being straight
1t Is said that his family relations were OF
the pleasantest kind. He has young wife
and a twO-year. old son, Of whom he was ex-
eeedingly fond, and whom he kissed affec-
ti0nately before he left home Then, too,
his habits were Of the strictest kind. He
never drank, seldom smoked, and was
member OF DIR. Armitage's Fifth Avenue
Baptist church.
Some Year, ago, when suffering from debil-
ity, II is reported that be wandered In his
mind for several days. On the day he disap-
peared he was not feeling well, and told his
little son that he might return home In the
course OF the morning. AS he was also sub
ject TO heart trouble, 1t was thought that pos
siDly ne has temporarily lost his mind, but
as every measure has been taken TO find him
without avail, foul play Is now feared.
III. A. Eame3, who knew Mr.. Fox, says that
he met him In Broadway, between 10 a. IN.
and noon on the day on which he disap-
peared. Mr. Crafts, who knew him BY sight.
says that he passed him in Houston street,
about II. 30 a. m, going toward the B0wery,
on the day following, and thought 10 himself
"How well Fox Is looking" Mr.. Crafts also
says that he noticed that Mr.. Fox had evil
IDENTIFY Just been shaven. A Miss Ludlnm,
with whose aunt Mr.. Fox had boarded at AS
bury Park this summon, says that she passed
him In East Broadway In the afternoon OF
the same day that Mr.. Crafts says he saw
him. She too, noticed how well he looked
Many photographs, Of him have been distrib-
uted about the country, and a liberal reward
Is offered to any one giving Information As
to where he Is.