The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-09
Mr.. Reasoner's Odd View
of Tunnel Superintend-
ent Bristo1l's Disap-
pearance.
SOMETHING BEHIND IT.!
"He Took All His Children n"-ln-
dustrious Search Reveals No
Trace of the Missing Ones.

their home at No. 20 Waverly street, Is
still unsolved. 1t has been learned that on
May 20 BRISTOL drew from the Bleecker
Street Savings BANK In New York about
s400. and that on Thursday--two days
before he disappeared = he received
his salary Of 500 as Superintend-
ent of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad tunnel The only
amounts known to have been paid out of
these sums were house rent and few
small bills for household expenses.
Last night Morril Marian, who is mar
ried to Bristoll's sister and lives at Wash
ington. ID. c., came from that city to the
broken up home of BRISTOL. He told the
sorrowing wife aud her father-in-law
that he had found no trace of the missing
man. 1t had been thought that he mad
possibly gone to Virginia to visit per-
sonal friend named Lane, but
such was found not to be thecase. Marian
had communicated with Lane and with
other places In Virginia where 1t was
thought BRISTOL might be found. The
police of Norfolk and Richmond had been
requested to watch for BRISTOL and the
children
A HOME OF SORROW.
This morning called at the house and
asked to see Mrs. BRISTOL. Yrs. Marian
Informed me that she was too much
indisposed to see anyone, that
she was prostrated from the
mental strain she had been subjected to
since Saturday. She said also that Les
ter BRISTOL, sr., the missing mans
father, was unable to see any one. Mrs.
Marian said he was completely broken
down.
"Can you not form some opinion, some
theory to account for the disappearance"
asked.
81 cannot" she.answered, "unless his
mental faculties have been injured.
He and the children must certainly
have gone away some where on a ship,
don't you think so? Yet 1t seems strange
that man could buy tickets for himself
and four children in their ordinary house
clothes for voyage and not attract
attention"
''The Oldest child would know enough
TO write to his mother, | suppose"
"Oh, yes; he is very intelligent. He
would have written before this if he had
been given a chance. On, they must be
on the sea-or-or-"
Mrs. Marian here stopped and trem-
bled. She could not bring herself TO say,
s'they must be dead"
Then you do not incline to the belief
that Mr.. BRISTOL and the children left the
city by rails'
''Oh, don't know Ny husband pro-
cured a pass on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road for himself some time ago. but that
has run out. We have sent 10 the depot
to see IL It has been renewed"
POLICE NEGLECT.
| went from there to Hoboken. Natur-
the first place / stopped at there was Po-
lice Headquarters. l was astontshed to
learn from the sergeant at the desk that
officially the Hoboken police had not
been informed of the disappearance Of
Mr.. BRISTOL and the four boys.
WHAT Have not the Jersey City
police authorities requested you 70 look
out for them?" / exclaimed.
mo, SIR" said the Sergeant, and to
make certain he was correct he examined
the memorandum slate. / walked away
wondering If the police of this city had
such a small regard for the intelligence
of the police In Hoboken, that they
deemed them useless. or, If for want
OF ordinary intelligence the police OF this
citv had overlooked the fact that the last
trace of BRISTOL was in Hoboken, where
he mailed a letter to his father, and his
resignation to Superintendent Reasoner.
Inquiry at the postoffice failed to elicit
any information. No one there remem-
bered seeing BRISTOL mail the letters and
the presumption is that they were drop
ped in letter box on the street. 1 also
learned during the day that BRISTOL had
not received passes from the Erie or
Pennsylvania Railway. He is supposed
to have one on the Delaware. Lackawana
and Western road. At the Pennsylvania
depot it was said that the pass BRISTOL
had over that road was issued from the
Philadelphia office. and nothing was
known about it at this OF the road. Bris-
toll had never received pass here.
This morning Detective Keenan, and
MorreI Marean went TO New York. They
called on Inspector Byrnes and made
personal visit to all the shipping offices.
AT the time of going to press they are
still engaged In this work, hoping in this
manner to trace the missing ones to some
vessel.
MR.. REAsoNER's THEORY
Superintendent Reasoner was in his
Office when / called today.
SIS there anything new in regard to
Mr.. Bristolls'
no. Detective McKenna has not re-
ported to me yet and presume from that
there Is nothing"
1T is a strange mystery" I COM
sStrange? Why what is strange about
itfn said he. 'It is not strange at all"
"Why?"
because there is something behind it
ALL That man would not have taken all
his children-all, say, if he had no rea-
.sWhat could have been the reasons"
domestic matters, perhaps"
'sBut the family deny this.
''Of course they do; how many others
have done the same thing? A man out
of his mind would not be apt to take
away all OF his children. He might take
one or two. but NOT his whole family.
have you filed his place yet. MIR.
mo, there is no hurry. There are
plenty of good men to do SO with when 1t
Is necessary"
M'KENNA'S VIEWS.
Detective McKenna was perhaps better
acq uainted with the missing man than
any one else about the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Depot. He denies
that he is at work solving the mystery,
however.
II think that BRISTOL wandered off
while temporarily insane" said Mr.. Nc
kenna 10 me this morning. Stories are
af1oat that perhaps things were not as
they should be in Mr.. Bristolrs house
hold This know to be absolutely un-
true. The BRISTOL family have lived
next door TO me on Wayerly
street for the past five
years. Mr.. BRISTOL was man
OF siuguiarly exemplary habits. He did
not drink, smoke or chew and
never left the house after night fall.
Mrs BRISTOL never went out much and
was very strict with her children. Tho
ueighbors often remarked that the family
was a very happy one."
"W hat do you suppose caused Mr.. Bris-
TOLLS in@anity ~ l asked.
Until three weeks ago. he was hard at