The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-10-07
MABREY'S DISAPPEARANCE.
st. Louis Police Fail TO Unrayel
the Mystery-a Rival i'm
the Case.

thickenS IN the Alabrey mystery. No
clew tOthe whereabouts of the Young
editor has been secured. either by the
friends of the missing mau or the de
tectives. Chief Harrigan and Chief
of Detectives. Desmond having IL! en-
an active interest in the case, and ere
making every effort IN their power 81
bring about solution Of the mystery.
The deepest veil OF mystery has settled
about the case and IL yet no discov-
e:y has been made which would uu-
lit it.
The Only new episode in the ease
| yes 'erday W the receipt ct letter
from Miss Ellie Morgan of Rolla, to
whom the young man was to nave been
marie d o "A Wednesday. She furnished
a clue tte rival who has been men
toned in connection with Ihe afr; =.
His name was given and the plcc
where he was LAST heard from was al ,
told No iDcrimirating circumstances
are known to connect the young ma
with Mabrey's disappearance Son
/
identity have leaked ou:.
The young fellow is civil engineer
by profession, and when last heard
from was in the employ of railroad
company building new road through
the mining regions of Southern Ken
lucky. Possibly he was Miss Nor
gan's fiIst lover, for he''was acquainted
with her long before she knew Ma
brey. Whether all accepted sutton or
not it would appear that the girl had
Il strong hold upon his affections,
which h could not break. The las
seen Of him at Rolla was in the latter
part of May, when he ca led on Miss
Morgan. Evidently his receipt.
was not what he had antioipa ed, for
during the two days he remained in
the village it is alleged that he made
threats against her or anyone "
came between him ard his Low
Since that time the young fe.lyw has
no; been seen in that vicinity ami
was believed to have been in Ken
lucky.
No new developments ware made
locally yesterday morning or after
noon. The police endeavOred to put
trgether the various facts of which |
they had come int, possession and thus
arrive at me conclusion which |
IN ght lead 10 a SOLVING of the mystery.
But in this they tailei. he facts
thew had fyunt in their all MIC t.
search did not agree or permit the
ta>ing of a theory. One of the
strangeSt things Connected with the
case is the impcSs oility of finding the
maker of the wedding suit Of the
missing man. He came to s.. LOui.
about month ago to have his meas
urmcnts taken for this suit, but did
not say anything a. Doniphan in re-
gard to his tail,r. On two pier oc-
casiops Mabrey had purchased suit
at Sixth an1 ChesnUt sire Is. But
this time lie did not do 50, as subse-
bu6n; developments have shown. He
came here on MOn1ay intending to
Try on his suit and stay until he had
been led perfectly. On Tuesday
nigi he received it at his hotel, and
dressed in it, lett aud has not been
seen since. During Tuesday after
noon he alse purchased new hat.
His old clO,bing and hat were left in
the room. No description of young
Mabley's new apparel has been OBJ ,
tainahle by the police, and this greatly -,
nystiies them Il their efiors 10 trace ,
nim. A visit to all of the taiIors in
this city will be made in order TO
secure q description of his suit if :
On Thursday night the detectives =
made search of all of the houses of
ii repute in this city, in view of as =.
if the missing man had :
been seen in any of them on Tuesday /
hight. What they learned in this i,
earch is believed to have been with /
ut import nee. I
1t is alleged that Nettie Long, the :
of house on Thirteenth I
treet, on being shown a picture of
dabrey, rec gnized it as that of a Il
'Oung man who nd Y 81 ed the house o
N wednesday morning about 2 4
'clock. She described hlm at dressed c
n a suit of black, If Prince Albert p
lyle, wearing a pecu lar slouch hat II
'ulled down over his eyes. He was o
nder the Influence of liquor and left
he house after staying only a few $
AT the hOu>e Of Mrs. I
Fields. on the san street, it was al q
eyed that an inmate named RO, , (
al SPOKEN of yoJnr man answer.
~ Mabrey's desc intion who b d Ct
cen in the house on Wednesday W
Forming, and mentioned his approach, o. o.
% marriage. Visits were made - al