Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-05
STORIES OF THE MISSING.
p.;.f chapter of Mysterious DiSap-
pearances Lost to Mortal
Eye.
.,rs Gases OF the Past Recalled
Poe and the Mystery of
Mary Rogers.

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su33sr disappearance Of individuals al
,.l.,.sst two possible explanations,
way mental abstraction. The crime
l4ll-Jl .vs been committed upon or by the
mei .;J,sl The distressed woman who
lnu NV. into uolice headquarters with the
Il'l. tb5t her husband went to work the
'Iqll i', ana hasn't been seen or heard Of
o !- . nav find that the dear departed was
,aerey drunk and disorderly, wa. ARRESTED!
.l Drs faigned name to the justice and Is
s;r- ant a few days IN jail. But the
81. '- nav he worse than that, it may be
."s It may be suicide. Skeletons
s"nj I'm mines. in coal-pits, IN dismal
III. IL, ,uarrips. in waste lands, In plow
'NIIle.lj. INST below the surface of the soil
Eli, al many social mysteries which pro-
fi1l'-Ln5lv aritated some circle of friends and
i,tiyss or haply created some wide
.,-.9f excitement The story of Eugene
tt.,u Is famous instance in point
n.niaI Clarke. shoemaker of knares-
'-1grh disappeared suddenly in Febru-
12is. and on no reasonable hypothesis
amid ms absence ne iCCVuiltCu AOl. AluI
ts.r wears afterwards, when the disappear
.,es had been well nigh forgotten, the
E,.,rarv Of some human remains in a
.'r, near Knaresborough, and suspicious
FUSED bv the words of one Houseman,
lr,ms aceomplice, brought the affair
-,Iir into public notice, resulting IN the
9'57."rsbeu.iou Of Aram and his eyentful
55atiou and execution. But the mys-
.,r. NAV be solved too late to bring the
5Fander, to justice. Thus only last May
tba skeleton of a man was unearthed in
New Haven by workmen employed in ex-
awaiting cellar Then it was remem
as-al that years before this land was tie
lie of the Wayside Inn, kept by Mark
Trrer, About 1869 a travelling peddlar
named Francis Thomas was known to have
entered the iuu but was never seen after
wNl, bv anybody No doubt the remains
were h. murdered body.
The disappearance Of Mary Rogers, the
pretty New York cigar girl, was one of the
sensations If our grandfathers times and
furnished Poe with the plot for one of his
most ingenious stories, THE Mystery Of
Marie Roget, for he transferred the
locale from New York TO Paris-a story.
indeed stu ingenious that it took the clues
which had proved useless IN the hands of
the New York detectives and worked out
what eventually proved to be the true So
uuou Poe laid great stress upon the
mgtb Of time body can remain IN the
water before IT comes 10 the surface. and
IN fact at the very time he wrote Maries
boiv was wing at the bottom of the Hud-
.au river poa, conclusion was that the
gir aad beeu murdered by her lover.
Sayerl. years afterwards the confessions of
-wa people established not only the truth
of the conclusion but also Of nearly all the
incidental details People sometimes dis
appear through q diseased vanity which
amounts to partial insanity. They love to
an'e their noighbors. 1t matters little
e. them that the means are undigniied,
that they occasion pain and sorrow and
modification ID their kindred In the
early part of 1865 all England was thrown
into Turmoil. by the mysterious disappear
uo of the Rev Mr. Spoke, a brother Of
Chg Np.orar He had come down to Lon
don % visit q relative he had walked out
't the house TO purchase hat and was to
i return '0 dinner at seven. He never re-
tma. THE hat which he had purchased
aug homie lu due course. The hat which
be M0 been wearing was found by a
ahrer ln the Bird Cage walk and handed
ever by 70 the police. Days and weeks
passed without % word from the missing.
Z. Saturday Review and other papers
.'.h Hn tine case and abused the detective
laTr Tor Their netliclency. At last it was
discovered that the reverend gentleman had
supply been I'm hiding in order that he
ought sport with public curiosity and
rs "- vanity by becoming for few
'Hr '.laet of general conversation.
i" 'll- discovery he was placed
.a.e 1mm. 1t was said that he
'r- from the delusion that his
i"l.E 1II uot like him. If he had
A'aoe himself to them by his ridiculous
."a they cordially deserved to be put
a'' .'r.t nal-tcoats.
a~. i.a tradition at Oxford College
~ "|"..- tu3ent looking forward to
-.'.e tla church and theological
suddenly vanished from among
" .""a. Some years afterwards he re-
suddenly as he had left, APP
r. 0W-efH before to study and enter
.'" ar.a gradually rose to its highest
..-' aI .l-d Archbishop Of York. Con-
were busy with reasons for his un-
' disappearance and it had one
.'...0"" .aet % build upon. Almost
- ...' ".h the Young mans depart
n. .'.h- ,orsair had appeared on the
numbering ships OF all ma
an ing mp immense wealth on
which he made his abiding
I". he associated more or less
"... HI- followers, leaving them at
". tae company of a woman
NJ. ." made the partner of his wild
.-. iae lady died the rock was