Telegram-herald., 1889-10-14
LOOKS SUSPICIOUS
M. <. Smith Missing Since Last
Saturday Morning
IHE DISCOVERY OF HIS POCEEIBOOG
A Contractor suaden Disa ppszganee
Hs Goes 70 the ola stone Baflaiag
ACrsss roEa tl4s RuaP House Ga
CAa2l-sL and Disappear.

Yesterday morning John owen. 0t $50
CLANCY st., Frank amman, Of 345 ol
the same street, ard CALVIN A. She-ef
came % police headquarters snd re-
ported that NJ Y. smith had been mss
lg from home since 2 To'ciock Saturday
morn ing lie had leit h.s family early,
telling them that he was gong t. meet
man Al the old stole bu.lim. on
Csnal-.t.. across from the c.y pump
house, and tLat the man wished l-m o.
.ook u over W-th view 10 reua r.l5 o..
When night came and be- d.d nor re-
urn. las family became anx.oa, and
began inquiries. Hs -ou-.n-law, saus
Amin. went % the house az smith.
foreman and asked hlm II he had seen
smith. The foreman ssid that >mtn
had come lo the I0b 0a WA.ch le was
working, early Saturday mora.ug, and
after talking for short time wtu hnL
.ctt, saving IlIL le was ~ meet "a man
at the 0it stone building amt hc Was
already behind hand. That was the
last trace that could be found of hm.
suited ln the finding or smiths pocket
book and the tame hook in winch he
kept the time OF las men. The pocket
book was a long, rcd leather book, and
contained nothing but some business
papers. There were two unpaid bills of
SO or Sl2 each and TWO leIrcr, from
WeatheTly S Pulte, besides some III
teen or twenty receipts for sums rang
ug from SO 10 500. The other papers
were bills OF lumber used IN the con-
structiOn OF houses or which nc mad
taken contracts. The time book had
+ some entries made the day OF ms d,sap-
F pearance.
The books were found on the top
floor OF the building, and a thorough
search OF every nook and corner failed
tO reveal anything more. There WAS
no sign OF a struggle 10 show that ne
had been robbed in the building. IL
was known that me drew some money
from the bank Friday, bat which bank
his sOn-n-law could not tell. smith
must have had az least $500 in his
pocket, As that was about the amount
/ that ne usually pays 10 his men Satur-
I day nights.
M. Amin SAYS that he can imagine
I no reason why smith should 90 away
I without telling his family. lie Is a
gOOd-natured man, of the most temper
ate habits, and had not an enemy IN
/ the city, but Mr.. Sheler says that Smith
I owes Blakely q JennisOn, of South
/ DivisiOn-st., 500, the Rielaman planning
mill $1,000, his plasterers So, and prob
/ ably various other sums. lie has a
/ large number of houses under contract,
/ but how much Is coming 10 him no one
| knows. 1t IS not thought that there Is
| enough To meet his debts.
Smith was a man 40 years of age,
! about five feet ten inches tall, weighed
/ $50 pounds, sandy complexion, wore
chin whiskers and mustache, hair
/ slightly gray. He has wife and -four
children, two daughters that are mar
ried, and a son and unmarried daugh-
ter. His son-in-Iaw, Mr.. Amin, lived
! i'm the same house with him. Mrs.
| Smith, who IS a frail, sickly woman. Is
7 nearly crazed with anxiety. The police
/ have sent out descript Ons, and are do
/ ing all they can to find the missing
man. They do not credit the theory
of foul play, but think that Smith has
/ skipped the country.