Telegram-herald., 1889-12-06
TOOT YET MISSING
No Additional Particulars Ascer
tanned.
4 RAILROAD CONDUCTORS STORY
UnabAted Interest in the Mysterious
Anair-Mi ght Have sold Hila sait
Of Cfothes-Dia To0t Board a u q.
n. A Vi Passenger IrafnT

The Whereabouts OF the missing ex-
press clerk, loot, i ss much of a
problem now a. il mas been al any time
since MS departure. The officials Of
the company, while not admitting their
belief ia his guilt, have lost much OF
their confidence ia his innocence, and
are reluctantly leaning 70 the theory
that hls absence ls not enforced by
others as Was at first generally be
ieved. Mr. Iiogle has been buslly al
work IN oyerhauhug the books OF the
Office, but reiterated A.s statement 10
the HERALD again last night
that 50 far as the books were concerned
every thing appeared 10 be correct and
that nothing could be found missing
except the diamonds and the
&C. o. D." already named. No new
theories worthy OF attention hay
been put forth, and every effort is b..
ing made now to locate the missing
man, on the idea that ms absence Is
voluntary and ms flight the result OF
deliberate design. MIR. Tdwall, the
agent of the American Surety Com
pany which bonded foot, spent the day
IN town yesterday lu consultation with
the local authorizes and with Mr..
Mitchell and Mr.. HOglc. No adjust
ment OF the loss was made and VIII not
be tor several days, as there j, no tell
mg TO a certainty at this time what the
loss IS or what may yet be developed.
Last evening Sheriff Bishop met with
the Express officials at the Morton
House, and the following rewards were
offered:
On account Of the mysterious disap-
pearance of our clerk, Clarence j. loot,
from our Office at Grand Rapids, Mich,
on the night of December /, 1889, we
hereby offer reward OF one thousand
dollars for satisfactory proof that he
WAS at that time abducted or muir
dered. +. W. MITCHELL,
Gen'l Supt. United States Express Co.
In behalf of Kent county, also here
by offer reward of one thousand dol
lars for the delivery to me, anywhere |
in the United States, of the party or
parties guilty Of the abduction of the !
said Clarence j. loot, with proofs suf-
ticlent to convict.
LOOMS X. Bishop,
Sheriff Kent County, Mich.
Mr.. Tidwall left for the East last night |
and Messrs. Mitchell and HOgle will |
leave this morning for Cleveland and |
Toledo respectively. Mr. HOgle Will |
return, however, early next week. |
Superintendent Eastman telegraphed |
to the superintendent of police at Mon !
trcal yesterday giving a description of |
loot and asking If such a person had |
taken passage on any of the outgoing l
steamers from that port. Telegrams |
have also been sent to other places. 1t |
was rumOred on the streets during the !
day that loot had purchased Il suit of /
clothes at the Club" clothing store on /
Canal-St. Detective Smith investigated |
the story and showed the picture !
of TOotsto the proprietor, who at once |
it as the picture OF man |
who had been IN the store on Wednes- |
dav of last week, but was unwilling to |
swear that hesOld him suit of clothes, !
although he did sell suit for sl4.5O to (
some one on that day, and thinks II /
was to the same person.
A postal card directed to the "U. :.
4. Express Co., city," was received ut 4,
the express Office in the afternoon, /
printed as M. Mitchell declares, by the |
same hand that printed the one received 7
on the day before. The message was: /
"ToOt is IN room ana will bC out IN five /
days-wait Friend"
None of the gentlemen place any sig
niiicancC in either OF them. 1t Is con- {
tented, in support of the theory Of
TOot's guilt, that in taking the d.a-
m0nds ne supposed they were more
valuable than they were. As they had
been insured by the cOnsigners, there
was no value marked on the packages
a IS usuai.in sending such articles, and
he being ignOranto of value of the gems,
might have estimated them above their
true worth.
The &C. .. Ds.," Mr.. Hoglo says, did
not exceed $500. 4 number OF Un-
substantatcd rumors OF heavy losses
were hvlng about during the day, but
the officials state positively that II
there is any heavy loss it must be that
some person left a valuable package
with 1oOt after business hours on
saturday night and that he made no
oItrv OF tine fact. il >ucu ls the u 10
VIII surely be known I'M p short time.
an important incident n connection
vtl the case came TO light last nigut
and may serve as a valuable cleW IN
tracing loot II hejsalIvc and guilty.
ON Monday night young
man boarded the tram ou
the D.. o. H. 81 ". at this place FOR De-
to.t. hen Conductor Hahhaa, who
was in lHar 0i tur tain. collected lbs
ticket Dol. -Sei the Young man why he
q not X Sleeper rand was told that
ne l.ltu Vlrs and would ho rs CONS
fortsbl N the ordinary coach as IN t1e