New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-06
THE ARMY or THE MISSING.
MANY MEN WHO HAVE DISAPPEARED.


MANY MEN WHO HAVE DISAPPEARED.
DETECTIVES AND MONEY EMPLOYED IN THEIR
SEARCHING TRACES OF THEM IN THE
EARTH IN THE WATER OR AT
THE MoRGUE.
"Mysterlously disappeared" is almost of daily oc-
In the headlines OF the morning newspapers,
and the army OF Charley Roses IS rapidly growing.
There are number of those whose friends have
mouIned their disappearance, and for whose search
detectives have been employed at the expense OF
thousands Of dollars. who might be included In tho
category Of the most remarkable instance OF dsap-
pearance known The disappearance OF Police
Captain Henry l. Jewet Of Brooklyn, last week. does
not OF course, that anxiety and apprehension
that 1t might had It been his " first offence This
Is the third time no has faded and his friends
and acquaintance believe IL to be due to temporary
insanity Unconscious cerobration' However. IL
is not desirable condition TO be in Two years ago.
whcr he failed TO turn up at his police station or at
his home the alarm was sent all over the country
and not until ten days aerward was he heard from'
and then he found wandering aimlessly about
the streets Of Jersey City.
One Of the most mysteri us cases OF disappearance
was that Of Lieutenant Edward W. Remey' OF Inc
Navy who arrived in NewYork on February II, 1881
on the Old Dominion steamship Roanoke, and was last
sccn by his friends walking down the gang-planK
with small satche I'm his hand. Although every
effort has been made to find him. he has never Deen
heard of since. About six months afterwafd badly
dccomposed body of a dragged ashore from
the North River. Just of the Old Dominion
per. The clothing on the body cores
pondcd with the record kept at romeo
HEADQUARTERS of that worn by Lieutenant Remey al th'
time Of his disappearance consequently Lieu'chnn'
Norton an intimate friend Of Lieutenant Rcmey' was
cont for He announced his conviction that inc
body was that his friend, and sent for Judse-Advo
cate General william t. Rcmey ana also Conihanuoi
Remey OF the Navy, who were brothers OF tho missing
man. Upon a thorough investigation OF The ciothlns
and body they pronounced 1t not to be that OF uer
brother His disappearance is as If the earth had
ononcd nm and swallowed him. lie was sober,
straightforward officer and stood high In his profession
and the esteem Of the ontire service
A MEMBER OF THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
Another rnysteriously missing IS that OF william
j. Phillips, q wellkn0wn member OF the frouuce rA-
change He left his home on the morning OF April 10
1884 at an hour he accustomed TO 90 every uay'
for his Office in souths and since then has not been
heard from True he in debt TO two or three OF
his customers and had raised money on forged ware
house certificates but he had been doing fair busi-
ness and could soon have settled everything satls-
factorily. But whether he was drowned or wandered
away TO SINE distant and infrcquenty visited spot
is not known He was man whose form ana features
by stranger
Stlllman s. ~onant editor OF Iarper's Weekly
for many wears connected with a morning newspaper
In this city, and known personally to thousands OF
people throughout this State, on January 1o, 1882
left his Office to return home usual but nothing has
since been heard of him.
Dr. Richard c. Brandeis, a well known physician,
living uptown, disappeared from his house twenty
six DAYS before Mr. Conants disappearance lie
had been TO the College Of Physicians and Surgeons
To deliver hts customary lecture which was not less
Interesting than usual, and then went homo to lunch
About O'Clock on the same afternoon, DcceinDcr
Of 1854 he told his wife that he was going out Tor
a walk and since then trace of him has been found
Mrs Brandeis became anxious when he did not re-
turn and sent out the alarm, with photographs and
descriptions OF the missing all over the country,
but to no purpose. The physician was prosperous,
healthfnl. had family to whom he was devoted
husband and father, and possessed good bank ac-
count.
Another Interesting case was that of William NJ.
Rapalie a well bnown artist and architect Of SYRIA
cuse \. Y. and a member Of the firm Of Rapaje AZ
Candce architects. He was tweny-one years old,
and had studied and travelled extensively. Ills
business and social relations were OF the peasantost
and no cause can 10 gwen ior MS
dIsappearance Yet since November II, 1855, when
Mr. Rapaje left his Office 10 return TO the hotel at when
he was boarding, nothing has been heard OF hlri'
AN ARTIST AND DESlONEH~
Similar to that IS the disappearance on September
o. 1885, of Alexander +. Oakley. lie was also
Young man Of liberal education and well known In
ar, circles IN New-York as all artist and designer
In addition TO this he frequent contributor 10
Harper's weekly and Harper's Magazine" lie
had travelled and studied extensively aDioad' anu
after his return to his native country had married
the daughter Of ex-senator spraguc Of Buffalo, and
settled in NewYori, where his excellent work as an
A
tiffany & CO.. which he held at the time OF his dis
anuesrance on a saturday afternoon, after a 'isit
70 his parents at HclIror l.. l. lac was seen coming
out Of his apartments in Forieth- ST., wearing heht
overcoat Ills family relations were pleasant ana
tLere seems to have been no reason Why ne shouiu
disappear yet no trace Of him has since been had.
one evening late n July, Thomas ". Fisher dns
son and partner Of Thomas W. Fisher prominent
real state broker OF Washington, took the fast express
10 baltimore was his custom 10 spenn ne eN enns
with a well known baltimore belle 20 whom ne was
cnga ged intending to return 10 Washington al MID
nisht During the evening a dispute over trivial
decIsr,d t6e engagement broken OFF. Mr.. Fisher
mnodat left the house. and after wandering apoI'
The streets for some time TOOK tran ior new ioIh
On his arrival he wrote the young lady, apologzng
Tor his rude conduct and begging her TO answer at once
n repT Young Fisher walled until the next day for
letter and them when none came ne msht 20 nner
bnren her with his addresses and closed by express
ing his Intention 10 commit suicide Inc yTas rsuy
and wrote letter c0nfcsslng her folly ana also sem
his letter TO his father, who immediateIy Wehi h w.
Xibanv only 10 find that his had not received the
voUng lady's note and had disappeared Although
ybc Detectives protested TO have tracked him 10 th
CITY and all bodies at the Morgue were seached anu
every rhoughtof effort has been male 10 isee I hi
nn Hdngs of Young Fisher have ever been receiveu
"o Another case was that Of Ihcophilus f0ungs WIZ
d,sanneared from Boston in 1873, but although hl,,
,risi bent nm an unnrng search for him unnl l4oi
noihing was heard of him Until she applied ior Tho
ters of administration on the estate, Then i' cene
claimed TO be Mr. YOungs appeared on me s.t sn
NJ yonn q however. refused 10 regard him o,n,l
Ic than as an impOstor. and after long SUIT INC
estate was finally COMPROMISE. -, .,,a,od com-
q, sesms Incredible that In well regulaicu eoi
,,n,,S such as New-York or London or Paris pro-
inu,S hapnv man can suddenly sink into OBLIVION.
Re entirely lost drop and be covered as eneca her
ne ga rather earth, tired OF having him upon IA
II on' hnSy had suddenly opened In a great gap az
c"mnlcteE swallowed him up, yet such u ~ wsy
H III numbers who disappear yearly IN uL -" IN
aai' a,.Iiv he believed. In the cry oi Lonuo mai
1esa report Of the o, tnrcveI out OF
.icbf of ther friends No traveller mas We, irolsy
~ ,eI ~ that bourne into which the my ~ The
dissnncareds sink, OF strange trcaLno. ne fate
hsnds of hidden foes and the book 1 are lost 10
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