The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-03
WIFE AND CHILDREN GONE
A Leadyille Mans Wife Visits
Bayonne and Then Dis
appears.

Bernard Owens, a well-to-do business
man, living at No. 710 East Fourth street.
Leadville, Colorado, permitted his wife
and two children to leave home several
months ago for trip to Ireland. When
the woman returned to this country
about ten weeks ago, she
went to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. McEvoy, of No. IL
East Forty-eighth street, Bayonne. who
nave as boarders several men who are
employed as sewer laborers in Bayonne
and Greenville. While sojourning in
Bayonne Mrs. Owens received marked at
tentions from one of the boarders, a
young fellow named McNulty.
Late in September her husband con-
cluded she had been absent little too
long, and sent her first class tickets for
the passage of herself and children to
Leadville. Since then he has heard moth
Ing concerning the whereabouts of his
wife and children.
The first intination the Bayonne police
received concerning the disappearance of
the woman was conveyed in the follow
ing letter from the distressed husband
CITY Marshal, Rayonne =
DEAR SIR:-Can you give me any more infor-
nation regarding Mrs. Owens, of No. 12 Forty
eighth street. She never came home yet. and
McEvoy, for full information regarding her, but
have heard nothing from him yet. Would you
please enquire did she come on a ticket sent
scalper's Office and get ticket for a different
place? By what road did she travel? Excuse
me for giving you SO much trouble, but / will be
happy to pay you for it and consider it great
favor besides. Yours respectfully,
BERNARD OWENS.
Two days later Chief of Police McNiell
received the following telegram
Please enquire full particulars of Mrs Owens
Never arrived Leadville. Afraid foul play there.
BERNARD OWENS.
Patrolman George W. Mullaney was
instructed by Chief McNeill to search for
the woman. He reported that the agent
at the East Thirty third street station of
the Central Railroad had seen the woman
there inquiring for the ticket and had
been sent to the West Eighth street
station. The officer reported having
made inquiries at her fathers house and
was told that she left there on September
II, and had not been seen since.
The woman had seen Ticket Agent H.
F. Beach at the West Eighth street sta
tion and asked him for her ticket He
told her that he had received her ticket
and had tried to get it to her, but not
finding her he had sent it to the New
York office. She went to New York and
procured her ticket. Later on she re-
turned to the New York Office and told
them there that she was notquite ready to
go to Leadville, but would come in whe n
she wanted to start. Nothing has been
heard of her since. She was at the New
York office on September 30
On the afternoon of the thirtieth, Chief
of Police McNeill received this tele-
gram
Try and find out whereabouts Mrs Owens,
recently left Bayonne.
o. w. WHITE, Chief Police.
Very little information can be OBJ
tanned about McNulty. Mrs. Owens is
about twenty-six years, good looking and
is considered attractive. Her parents are
not giving themselves much concern
about her. No trace Of the boarder or
the Woman can be discovered.