Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-29
A SISTERS SEARCH.
Miss Jessie Hazlett Looking for
Her RrOther.

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Her Brother.
Miss Jessie Hazlett is in Los Angeles
looking for her brother, Richard Dale
Hazlett, who left his home, Ottumwa
Iowa, two years ago and has not since
been heard from. Miss Hazlett, who il
young, comely and modest-appearing
tells a strange story regarding her
brother, his disappearance from home
and the failure OF many strong efforts
made by his family to ascertain his
whereabouts.
The Hazlett family, the young lady
states, is one OF the best known in Ottum.
vain fact, is we'll known throughout
that part Of the State in which the city is
located. Mr.. Hazlett, Jessie's father,
owns and operates Touring mill there,
and was once Mayor OF the town. During
his incumbency in this Office, Richard
Dale Hazlett, his son and the missing
man, officiated as clerk to his father. He
afterward embarked in the grain dealing
business, going into partnership with q
young man named George Eggers, now
residing at Tulare. The two prospered
but finally decided to separate. Hazlett's
health had been failing, and as he was
soon to be married, he chose
to start for Los Angeles in the
hope of recuperating himself. He
started, and Miss Hazlett says, wrote
home from Denver, Pueblo, Tucson, and
finally, on the 9Th of December last,
from Los Angeles. In this last missiye
young Hazlett stated he would spend
Christmas week at Tulare, and would
write home from there. This was the
last heard of Hazlett. Eggers. his ex-
partner, has written to Jessie Hazlett's
father, and replied that Hazlett had not
visited him Christmas time, and that he
was not aware Hazlett proposed doing
SO, or was in the State. Numerous letters
Of inquiry were then sent from Hazlett's
people to different parts Of the State, but
there came no news OF the missing man.
Ex-Chief of Police O. w. Franch, Of Bur
lington, then started out here to look the
man up. He searched, unsuccessfully,
everywhere for him, and then returned
to Ottumwa. Mr.. Hazlett did not give
up, but employed officers at San Fran
cisco and in Portland, Oregon, to look
for his son. No trace OF him was found.
Miss Jessie Hazlett then decided to
herself search for her brother and is here
ready to begin her quest. The young
lady says she thinks her brother may
have become insane, or that he was
shanghaied aboard some foreign bound
vessel either at San Pedro, San Diego or
San Francisco. She believes her family
has relative living here of whom they
have not heard for years. This gentle
man she says was a carpenter by trade
and must be SO or 40 years old. He left
Iowa to seek his fortune in the West
some years ago. Miss Hazlett will en-
deavor to unearth this relative, and in
case she does, will enlist his services in
the search for her brother in the South.
The lady says she is we'll supplied with
funds, and showed the HERALD man let
ters to Col. Hitchcock, Of Cotton, Mr..
Thompson OF the Stewart Hotel at San
Bernardino, and Mr.. Rowell, hotel
proprietor OF Riverside. While sojourn-
ing here Miss Hazlett is the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. G. Holt, former residents Of her
native town, Ottumwa, who live on Hoff
street, in East Los Angeles.