New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-08
WHERE IS SUPT BRISTOLL!
HE AND HIS FOUR CHILDREN MISSING.
. RAILROAD TUNNEL WAS IN HIS CHARGE AM
HE is BELIEVED TO BE DEMENTED.


4 RAILROAD TUNNEL WAS IN HIS CHARGE AND
HE IS RELIEVED TO BE DEMENTED.
IouiS L. Bristoll forty-four years old, OF No.
26 Waycrly-st Jersey City, and his four emil
dren. Louis eleven; William nine; Dexter seven'
and Harry. five years old, have mysteriously DIS
annearcd from their home. BRISTOL has been for
twenty years in the employ of the Delaware,
raclxawanna and Western Railroad Company.
and has been superintendent OF the 'uilhei
through the hill since it was constructed. oaV
urday morning, without informing his wiie whac
he intended TO do, he left the Dreaktast uaDIe'
and took Harry by the hand and went 10 '"e
street There the three other boys were pay
ing He called them and all went TO the ele-
waited railroad and then to lloboken. here DIS
toll mailed two letters, and from then uhul ho"
he and the children have been missing
On Friday Bristolls father, Lester Bristoll'
came from Washington, d. c., to remain with his
son until Monday The son met him at the sta
tion and appeared glad TO see him. lie took his
fotber home and entertained him pleasantly
Wben S7Iterintendent BRISTOL left the house with
tho bovs on Saturday his wife and father supposed
tbev went 70 his Office at the west end OF thc
tunnel When noon approached and the children
foiled IN return Mrs. BRISTOL became uneasy.
late in the afternoon her father-in-law received
n letter postmarked IIobollen. 1t was one oil the
two which BRISTOL mailed in that city. IL was
beoun with Dear father and went on 10 say
" when located YOU will hear from me-. When IN
trouble consult the Bible. Turn the pages at
random and you will be comforted. Ask
counsel from the Bible" The letter
closed in this way "To my dear father and
mother and was signed Lee" There was 10
reference 10 Mrs BRISTOL in it. The father thought
this strange and showed it to his danghter-ll-
law. A visit was Immediately made to BrlstoHS
office and it was learned that he had not been
there since the day before, and that no one there
had seen the Children. Mrs. Bristol became
nearly fra,tic with anxiety and she and her
fathr-in-law and Bristolls brother-in-law made
search for him everywhere Finally they called
on Superntendent Reasoner, Of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.
The superintendent nd received the other letter
that BRISTOL mailed i'll lloboken. 1t contained
his resignation and was written so peculiarly that
Snperintendent Rcas0ner remarked: 1T looks
stranre. very strange lie must be out OF his
mind"
Convinced that BRISTOL was dcmented and had
abandoned his home, his wife and father returned
TO Waverlcy, y. j. A search through the house
showed that handbook credited with 'SloO IN
the Bleecker Street Bank was missing. Yesterday
the police were informed of the facts.
A Tribune reporter last night called at BrlstolPS
home Mrs BRISTOL. who is a good-ooking young
woman. and Lester BRISTOL, the father said that
the missing man was an electrician, and that for
long time he had been working hard on
a railroad appliance invention, and they
feared his labor had deranged him. The
invention is completed and is in the hands
of a patent lawyer. The father said that some
time ago his son had received an offer to go into
a business enterprise in Virginia, and he believed
that he had started for that place Neither the
father nor the wife could explain why he should
do this and take all his children and abandon his
wife Both said BRISTOL and his wife led happy
life. Both believed he was dcmcnted from over
study BRISTOL was described as being "a qulet
and thoughtful man, who never drank, belonged
TO no clubs, and devoted his. evenings TO his wiie
and family lie never went away from home
without saying where he was going The ponce
have telegTaphed to every point where the family
thought BRISTOL might co. and believe they Will
trace him to-day.
A mau who travels through the tunnel often
said If BRISTOL is demented; travellers on the
railroad have had narrow escape.