The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-05
IL MONAGHAN In AUSTRALIA
NoWs to That Effect Comes From
the State Department In
Washington.

washington.
The BAzoo some weeks ago con.
fained an account of the disappear.
ance of Mr.. Monaghan, who was .
friend, and was some time ago, with
his wife, q guest of Mr.. N. II. Gen.
try here.
The New York World of last Tues
day, contains the following:
Westchester, Pa, Dec. 2S.-The
family and friends of r. Jones Mona
CHAN, the missing lawyer of this place,
are quite sure that he has been found
ut Sydney, New South Wales, Aus
tralia, and will return to them before
long. His wife received on Dec. is
the following eablegram from Sgd
ney:
Love to yourself. Francis and Walter
Cable ne $500.
ROBERT JoxIs MONAGHAN.
Upon the receipt of this message,
Monagban's brother, James, cabled
for decription of the man. A de-
spatch has since been received from
the United States consul at Sydney,
to whom Monaghan applied to sstab
lish his identity. james Monaghan
to-day sent his brother $500 through
the state department, the money be
ing cabled in care Of the consul st
Sydney. 1t is hoped that Monaghan
will start for home on . steamer
which leaves Sydney for San Fran
cisco tomorrow.
Monaghan's disappearance was one
of those queer cases which seldom can
be accounted for. In September he
came to this city from Philadelphia
on business for the Pennsylvania
Investment Company and the Keystone
Development Company, both Of
Philadelphia, in both Of which he was
an active official. He registered at the
Gilsey House, where he was last seen
on the evening of September "a. Five
days later his disappearance was made
public and q general alarm was sent
out from police headquarters.
His friends and his partner, Frank
E. House, came on from Philadelphia
when they found that Monaghan did
not answer kilograms. They i'm
mediately put detectives on the case,
hut ali the searching was fruitless.
Various theories accounting for bis
disappearance were advanced. Among
them was one that the missing lawyer
had fallen into the clutches of big
Tom OBrien, the bunco man then
wanted for swindling citizen of
Albany out of $4,000.
Monaghan registered at the Gilsey
House at 2 o'clock, Sept. "a. 1t was
shown that O'Brien was there about
that time. The missing man was well
supplied with money, which fact gave
rise to runors of foul play. That he
had disappeared as completely as if
the earth bad opened and swallowed
him up was q stubborn fact, and as
theory after theory was dissolved the
mystery grew deeper. It was learned
that his accounts were all straight and
that he could not derive any pecuniary
benefit by dropping out of sight.
From time to time during the past
three months news has come from
various cities to the effect that the
missing man had been seen there.
Monaghan has dabbled in politics
and was close snd confidential friend
OF Gov. Pattison. He is s nephew Of
r. Emmett Monaghan, prominent
demnciatic politician of Chester
co:u:y. His wife and tw, little boys
and .ther relatives reside in West
Ch,st.r. For their sake it is toped
that tie person now in Australia will
prove to be what be pretends and that
in due time he will return to the
bosom Of his family and explain his
strsngs disappearance.