The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-24
DR.. lyman WENT EAST.
The Disappearance Of the Physician
Explained.
DETECTIVE WHITAKER FINDS A CLEW
lie Leaves Sacramento Under the Name Of STANLEY
for the East = What Mrs. lyman
Has to Say.

There Is no longer any mystery connected
with the recent disappearance Of DR.. Ty-
nan, the. wealthy physician of Modesto.
The aged and somewhat erratic mans move
ments have been traced, and by this time
he is probably on the Atlantic coast 1t
was the police Of this city who solved the
mystery. Every available man on the force
went to work on the case, and to Detective
Whitaker fell the honor Of finding the first
clew. He fled the following report with
Chief Crowley yesterday:
returned from Sacramento this morning.
where l learned that DR.. Thomas f. lyman on
ley, purchased second-class ticket 10 New
York. leaving Sacramento on train No. / at
:55 A. NJ. Mr.. Iynan's photograph was recog.
niZed by L. II. Hamilton aud Mr. Robinson,
ticket agents at Sacramento, and by NJ. Hush,
the depot porter. The above named men are
positive their identification is correct.
Ross WHITAKER.
The conductor of the train upon which
Mr.. lyman left the capital city says he
cOnyersed with the doctor. He appeared
perfectly rational, but in troubled state of
mind. 1t may be explained that Stanley is
the maiden name of DR.. Tynan's mother.
He had been worried by several lawsuits
and went East TO seek a little needed rest
Captain Lees thinks that DR.. lyman will go
on to Europe.
A reporter of the CALL visited Mrs. DR..
lyman at her apartments in the Lick Hotel
last night, and was informed that. beyond
having heard the above report, she had re-
ceived no intelligence either directly or in
directly from her missing husband.
She further stated that she knew of no
reason to call the doctor to New York, or
in fact anywhere out of the State.
In response to query as TO whether the
doctor mad ever suffered from temporary
alteration of mind Mrs. lyman returned a
most decided negative. stating that up to the
moment of their last parting in Modesto his
mental faculties were as bright as in his
youth.
''If Dr. lyman has been found I should
very much like TO know where he is," said
Mrs. TyDan very ruefully. "We heard a
story to-day that he had been identified in
New York, but then we have also heard
that he has been identified in Sacramento.
There are q good many old gentlemen in
this world who would answer my husbands
description at first sight.
"a curious thing happened yesterday
Charles here, who has known the doctor
for many years, saw him get into GeHry-
street car with fne-o0king woman. He
took the first car he could catch at the
Kearny-s;reet terminus and gave chase.
Ee lost track of the car he was chasing,
and had to go on TO Golden Gate Park,
where he learned that the conductor of the
car had gone to lunch
Following him up. he got an accu-
rate description or the OLD gentleman
and lady, with little descriptive points
which made him certain of the success of
his pursuit especially when he was given
Lyon street as the place where the pair got
eff.
ION showing the doctors photograph to
the conductor, he at once identified him
clothes, stoop shoulder and all. Supposing
the doctor might have been inveigled by
some medium or prophet of the spiritualstic
fraternity, he made deligent search.
THE photograph was Immediately identi-
fed at corner grocery, aud he was directed
to a large and handsome house upon the
street.
"There he met the living image of my
husband and was astounded at the likeness.
Of course, it was not Dr. lyman.
'He showed the old gentleman my hus-
band's photograph, who laughed to see the
lkeness, and said it was a better photo
graph of himself than any he had ever had
taken in his life.
you see, when young man intimately
acquainted with the doctor can make mis-
take like that. it is easy for strangers to get
misled.
"My husbands right arm is sure means
of proving his identity"