Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-10-02
4 CURIOUS OCCuRANCE.
The Strange Disappearance Of Man
in IN. City Together With the
Facts Cause. a Sensation.

There has been all ocCuaauce in
the c.ty the past few days that as
soon as il become kEoWn has aroused
no little amount of suspicion and
more than likely al investigation
will take place to try and fathom
the affair.
The facts in the case are as follows:
Last Friday evenings IA strange gentle
man called at the boarding house
of Mrs. r. b. Wait, on Front
street and called for Mr.. o.
Mason, the gentleman who is
experimenting the construction of
the Marion street sewer. Mr.. Mason
answered the call and the stranger
said he was just from Portland, and
that he was on the hunt of work
and had been directed to coll on Mr..
Mason, who could probably give
him employment. Mr.. Mason told
the STRANGER that he would give
bin cmp'C" mcnt, and, as the man
was a stran ger in the city, he took
him to where the WORK was be-
ing done, and told HIM to be
around al seven O'Clock the
next morning. The stranger siyni-
nified his intention 70 do so and
asked Mr.. Mason to show him a
lodging house. The two then clme
down Commercial street to
Court street, when they started to-
ward Front street, the stranger was
ca rying large Valise and the men
were talking about where II certain
boarding house was, when they
were accOsted by strange women,
who stopped them and said:
care you looking for i lodging
hnuse"'
Mr.. Mason answered thgt he was
not, but the gentleman with him
was.
The woman said: "I have rooms
that / can rent you for - per week"
Mr.. Mason said: "WCli that is
reasonable enough, and ! suppose
/ turniug to the stran2er), you had
better take one OF those rooms, and
| will 90 on back 10 my boarding
place.
The stranger consented and start
ed away with the woman, who sail
she would show him where to go.
Saturday morning came and the
stranger failed to appear at the
works. Mr.. Mason thought prOba-
bly, he had over slept himself and
would be Ground at quartering tinn"
but he failed to show up on Satur-
day. Monday came and still he fail
ed to put in his appearance, aud up
to three O'Clock this afternoon the
stranger has not been seen or heard
! from siucc the time he went away
with the strange woman on Court
street. between Commercial and
Front streets, Friday evening about
8 o'clock.
Mr.. Mason describes the stranger
to be man who would weigh
about $50 pounds, sandy complex
iJned and of IN average size
WHERE Is HE,
is the question, and who was that
strange woman who stopped them.
The whole matter is shrouded in II
mystery and it is hard to believe
that foul play has been used, yet
the matter looks rather peculiar.
Mr. Mason is an honest and up
right gentleman and is completely
at his wits end to know what To
! think of the matter
The matter has taken II sensation
al turn and the whole thing is
shrouded in Il mystery. The question
is, where is the stranger whose name
is unknown, and who was the
woman who had the rooms to let"'
The JOURNAL has detailed re-
porter to fathom the mystery, and
any new developments will be made
known in the columns of the
peoples paper the JOURNAL.
Watch for developments!