The sun., 1892-01-15
ALLTRACECOMPLETELYLOST
YOUNG MR. DE LIMA STEPPED FROM
HIS HOTEL DOOR INTO OBSCURI1Y,

YOUNG MR. DE LIMA STEPPED FROM
HIS HOTEL DOOR INTO OBSCURI1Y
HIS Friends Utterly at . Loss, Afyer .
Search OF Tea Days, to Account for His
Dissppearance, and No Clue 20 His
Movements Has Been Discovered.
Ten days have passed since Edward de
Lima. the eldest son Of 3. A. de Lima, left his
home at the Hotel Langham In Fifth avenue.
and not word has been heard from him by
| any OF hts friends. He has disappeared COM
pletely. leaving not a hint as to where he
might have gone. The arrival Of the Bremen
steamship Trave at Southampton without
| word OF news OF him was a shock to the young
mans friends. They were positive that. fol-
lowing his custom. he had gone to the ships
pier on the morning Of Jan. 8 to see friends
OF and had been involuntarily carried of. and
would be heard from the instant point was
touched whore ,he could send cable telling Of
his predicament. Even after the Trave had
peached Southampton and had sailed on again
q few persons thought he still might have
been aboard of her and cable might have
been sent ashore and miscarried.
But the last hope Of his being aboard the
| ship was dissipated yesterday when the pilot
boat that took of tho Trave's pilot outside OF
Sandy Hook was heard from. She had been
of shore for n week. As soon as she came In at
the Hook teleGraphic inquiries that had been
made wore handed to the pilot. lie had not
heard word about any one but the listed pas
senGers on board the steamship. 1t was con-
sdered certain that II Mr.. de Lima had been
| carried of on tho vessel he would have sent
| word OF the fact back to New York by the pilot.
| 1t was thought by some OF his friends that II
| he was not carried of on the Trave he might
have been on some other steamer. probably one
| bound for u South American port. He had
| many friends In south America and might
have had u friend going down thore. but there
| was only ono boat which sailed for South
| America the day he disappeared. That was a
| Clyde line boat Her passenger list did not
| bear tho name OF any ono known to be his
| friend. and at tho office it was said that
not thing had been heard Of any one being
carried Off involuntarily. nor had any one an
swering young Mr.. do Lima's description been
| apassenger or been seen on the pier. They told
| a reporter at the company's office yesterday
that tho pilot boat that took the pilot Off their
steamship had been heard from. and the pilot
There are now but two conclusions possible
| to be arrived ut. One is that tho young man
he @ has ass suffered from from sudden and emporary
alteration ( the mind and has Wondered OF.
hs has Rse y S S.s Sst xS Is osost IN
the 54s In sGd Gt Saors wh & eight
momcnt before he went out. and he remarked
when he, went out that 10 was going Gf, to his
Avenue to eFittieth street and and through
to down e nc 1es
and then to walk across to Liberty and William
streets. From the time he went out Of the
ve Who knew new him h saw saw him after that. He did not
60 to tie oflice. II he was f9alIy & dealt with it
street that at that hour Of the morning is a.
TaSs Th psGR me had %
part part oi town; or IN sny place where crime q
any description could be committed; He nevsr
Sne It s hs a to 60
soluteiy no reason why he should not have
been kpocked down and (, rpR over, q have been
seaiield sea or fallen and injured himssli but Il
dig the don't spGw ~ # nor is he n
ords from the hour hs ieit the hotel 70 thls mo-
denly deranssd and he has wondered red off, But
ton. s excent that he has mysteriSasiy disapp-
peared. He had no. not hesn s. II. There mover
va s INSANITY In his "a smy
given to any sort OF vice, SO all his friends say.
and and refinement and Of unusually strong mind:
Who WI 'teaf eead Be- eY led into doing ANYTHING he did
not want to do. His family say that when he
ps% sfss awass sEns ana sksd I ssd Sna
his custom before he went away from the
hotel in the morning to talk moment or 50
usually u said Just before he left. as he did that
morning; ,that i was time he started for the
It would not have taken more than twenty.
hhn hi9 to have gone @ from the hotel to his Once
halt hGqr which is ssadTT tain rSmarkHts
seems hardly possible that he could still! be in
derns yaSo saa
teen picked up by the police. the fact Of his
%Sssnrf neWspapers together witt with partial escrpiens
| OF him. and some one who would recoEnize
from the description must xsys have seen HIM
ea he was as ever % known to visit has been Visited BY
friends. looking for him. OF course. no may
knew knew him.. Tih THAT % IS Probably What he did hI
Should b.. found quickly.
Ss 5 bs
tnined. Unfortunately he had not had his pic
| ture taken for several years, and there Is no
| good likeness OF him in existence:
yssTsh years. et aS6s; feet 1aohss
oval face. very regular and .well-proportioned
features. no beard or moustaehe, large brown
eyes. light brown hair, perfect teeth, very
ss ss S
a black scarf with q black silk covered pin
and cuff buttons Of the same material; white
linen. a derby hat with mourning band about
It. and lace shoes. He was regular In his hab.
its. seldom was out late at night. read 9 great
| deal. and enjoyed good hooks and was fond Of
pictures and works ot art He talked EpgiIssh; G si
country. and spoke English without foreign
accent. He was q great traveller: and thor
ouEhly familiar with all the details Incident to
travelling. The only jewelry he wore was .
| heavy gold Waltham watch.
Curiousiy enough. no general alarm has been
sent out BY the POLICE ordering search for
firm OF D. A. dc Lima 4 Co. said yesterday that
he had not thought this was necessary be;
Pc picked IR By ths police any way; He said aid
to-day ID the three cities. The search he said,
had ,beon from the beginning IN competent
| hnn Ia nd nrythi in ms ait "a lint ha