The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-24
QUEER DR.. HOLCOMBE
He Left His Wife a Letter,
sbut Said Not a Word of
Mrs. Wy1ie.
GOING FOR A LONG TINE
His Family Grief Stricken-He
Has Been Acting Oddly
of Late.

There should be a new assessment
of every lot and building subject to
taxation in this city, and the first step
towards that assessment will be the
ascertainment of fair values.-AUan
WcDermoH to the Taxpayers and
Property Ol0nerS.
The simultaneous disappearance OF DIR.
A. ]. Holcombe of No. $50 Jersey avenue,
and Mrs. Frank Wylie of No. 214 Pavonia
avenue was the talk of the city last even
ing. No one seems TO doubt that the pair
eloped. But even those most intimately
acquainted with the Doctors affairs
simply snake their heads and mutter
strange, very stranger
DIR. Holcombe had a splendid practice q.
He lived in sumptuous style in one of the
handsomesr brown stone houses on Jer-
sey avenue. within a stones throw OF
Hamilton Park. A "To Let" sign was,
however, pasted In front of the building
Yesterday. This was explained by Mr..
b. e. Mooney. the Doctors son-in-law,
who is Superintendenu of the
Erie Railroad. Mr.. Mooney said
that Mrs. Holcombe owned a house
further down the avenue, between Fifth
and Sixth streets, and the family had al
ready prepared to occupy it. For that
reason the lease upon the building at
present occupied by the family had not
been renewed
THE REPORTERS AHEAD.
In speaking of the doctors disappearance
Mr.. Mood said:-"The reporters gave
Mrs. Holcombe the fret in tilnation OF the
disappearance of Mrs. Wylie. The doctor
sent letter to Mrs. Hocombe. She re-
ceived it Monday night. In the letter
going away for long while. and advised
her what to do. The letter is private and
will not be given out for publication. 1t
gives no idea as to his proposed destina-
tion. Both Mrs. Holcombe and my wife
were terribly shocked by the doctors
queer behavior. He took nothing away
but his gun. and this fact led us ell to
suppose that he had merely started for
one of his hunting trips. He frequently
went on these trips but usually let the
family know all about it beforehand.
He had mentioned the fact several times
OF late that he was soon going on
one of these trips. and by way of teasing,
my wife threatened good-humoredly to
take me along with him. The doctor has
NV be0u 1OI tUO pdSb OF
so. We had all noticed it. The
grip has to bear the respousi-
bihty of a great many queer actions
Of people nowadays Whether
the Doctors recent attack affected his
mind can not say. l know absolutely
no. hing about tho social relations that
existed between Mrs Wylie and the doc
tor. / never heard before of their inti-
macy"
MR. WYI,IE INVIGIRI,E
Mr.. Frank Wylie, the deserted hus-
band, could neither be found at the office
of the Greenwood Lake Ice Company nor
at his home. A gentleman at the Office
desk said no reporter would be able to
find MIR. Wylie. AT the fiat where the
Wylies lived there was no response to the
bell, and other occupants of tie house
positively refused to talk about Mrs.
Wylie's disappearance. One lady looked
very wise, but refused to talk.
A reporter for The NEWS called TO see
Mrs. Holcombe this morning to see
if any new developments had been dis
covered in connection with the Doctors
mysterious disappearance. A colored
woman at the door said Mrs. Holcom be
was not well enough to come down.
There was absolutely nothing new about
the matter.
The trainers of our State constitu-