The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-22
More Iaght on the Recent Myster'
ioua Disappearance
OF. P,om,sias o.nsoa Hu'iAs'. MAJ

Rome days ago the News DEMOCRAT
gave 10 the public tho information that
d, H. Borden q partner with d. Miller
la the commission business Ia Canton,
had suddenly and rather myhterloualy
disappeared with some small change
left Ia tho money drawer OF The bust
ness HOUSE, and that borden while here
had borrowed money from his partner
oatensibly 10 send 10 his mother but In
reality 10 bring to this city q woman OF
rather questionable character from
Cambridge, and whose disappearance
from tho city was %himutaneoua with
that Of nOrden, boFden's whereabouts
have since been learned through an OK
PLANTATION which le attempts W MAKE
Ia tbs Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The Plain Dealer this morning CON
tains tbs fOllOwingi "Ihe story .lele'
araphed from Canton that MI u, l.,
nofden OF this city, who has lately been
engaged Ia the eummihalOn business Va
Canton, has absoOnded after r0bbing
the firms safe and money draNer and
was accompanied by a young woman, IN
denied by Sir, horden, who haA been ~
h0me la this city flnoe tho day no loft
Canton, lie says about six weeks ago
he formed q partnership Ia tho com
mission business with Mr., d. Miller,
who furnished tho capitals that last
week the lrm was sued ny a celery
raiser whose product did not sell Tor the
sum he desired, The money Ia tho
bank, amounting 10 about s2lb, was
withdrawn by the hrm ana was again
dep0alted by Mr, Miller, In HIS own
naine. When Mt Borden learned this
fact no drew from the money IN hand
$3.50 aud Informed Mt, Miller or hlh
action, thefeupon turning over 10 MN
the store aud bualneaa, During the NIX
weeks no was connected with The hfm
he had drawn but eii for Bis services
Ina the store,
"lhe young woman whose uame iaun'
fortunately coupled with his WA q
walter la the house NJ which he board
ed. Illness compelled her return 10
her home In Cambridge aud ~ hap
pened that they left at the same tlWt,
Mr., Borden Gomlng directly 70 his home
In this city, where he now H."
Tho case N rather a mysterious one,
The explanation given by MI, Borden
does not remove or attempt 10 remove
serious charges which have born made
against him. Until some plaualble
statement on these charges 10 made by
Mr. borden the pfepOndefanee OF tho
evidence 10 against hin ana wiz
ahroud him In . cloud partaking or tho
properties OF Disgrace, The lniorma'
tl0n Is given to-day that the girl who
disappeared from the city on the same
day as did Borden, was not u walter AZ
the Hotel Conrad, Az the solicitation
OF Borden the proprietor stated that he
Oiuld give Tho girl u situation there,
Upon this the girl arrived from
Cambridge and look up her quarters NJ
the hotel. She did no work, however,
asserting that she was III, The girl
aud Borden we're very Intimate but
nothing much waA thought Of this un
oil one night the proprietor discovered
the two occupying the same bed, the
room being the gifts room Ia the helps
department. This was more than the
proprietor could stand and he notified
the two that they must leave his house
immediately. This they did. Shortly
aft 'r this Borden and his fair compan'
ion left the city,
Mr.. d, Miller, the man who
WIS left TO carry on the commits
10 business alone, was seen by
a reporter this morning, He states that
Inc article heretofore given In the
NEWS DEMOCRAT was correct, He de-
nounces Borden a. decidedly crooked,
and states that he took S2s from the
money drawer before leaving, lie did
not notify Mr.. Miller that he was 60
ing 10 leave. Mr.. Miller states that re'
oeipted bills are being sent In by parties
who paid Borden for goods. or these
Borden made no return and the trm IL
out that much. lie cannot tell Just
how extensively this business was car
ried on by his recent partner.
Borden's home Is In Cleveland, whore
he has n wife. She Is an ostimable
lady, aud took this matter very hard,
The Plain Dealer article would indi'
cate that Borden was trying 10 set him.
self right with the wife TO whom he has
proved 80 false,