Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-08
TIE MYSTERY DEFPENs.
Another Young Man Who Disappeared With
West, the Bookbinder.

West, the Bookbinder.
4 week has now elapsed since Mr. Charles s.
West, the bookbinder in the government
printing Office, disappeared, and nothing def
mite has been heard from HIM, although from
subsequent developments the police are fully
satisfied that foul play mas not figured
in the disappearance. A chain of circum
stances connecting. as 1t does, Vests absence
with that of another young man, the part
played by a man said to be MIR. Brown OF
Alexandria" leads the officers to believe tina,
West is not alone in his travels.
As heretofore published, West left his home
between l and 2 o'clock just one week age
today, and after getting his half months pay al
the Office left and started off toward down
the city. Persons who saw MIN leaving
say he appeared in a pleasant mood and thegs
was nothing about him to indicate that hi,
mind was affected III the slightest degree.
SEEN WITH TWO STRANGERS.
Later in the afternoon he was seen on 1tt
street. and still later he was seen with two
other men near the corner of New jersey ave
nue. AID ii street. That was shortly after
O'Clock. and an intimate friend who saw hin
noticed that his companions seemed to be
strangers.
When this gentleman started TO speak &c
West the latter hesitated and then failed &c
speak. 1t was an unusual occurrence and at
tracted his attention SO much that he did no,
pay any particular attention to the other men,
although he remembered that one was u large
man and the o;h,r was smaller than West
That is the last time that the missing man was
seen by any of his friends.
Who the mysterious Mr.. Brown" is is wha,
the police and other persons would like to
know, as he went of with Mr.. Clifford Price,
who also disappeared from his home the day
that MIR. West went away.
Mr.. Price In a smaller man and he and Brown
answer the description of the men who were
last seen with Mr.. West
Mr.. Price is about twenty-,hree years Old and
lived with his parents at No. 200 Indiana ave-
nue.
The man who told Mrs. Price that his name
was Brown and that he wGs from Alexandria
called at her house twice Monday after
noon and the last time her son went away
with him. The first time he called he wore an
overcoat. but he did not have his oyercoat on
when he went away from the house. Mr.. Price
also went away without his coat.
MR. PRICES DISAPPEARANCE.
The failure of Mr.. Price to return home did
not cause his parents any uneasiness. for they
were of the opinion THAI he had gone to
Baltimore and that he had gone there for the
purpose of marrying young lady to
whom he was said to have been
engaged for some time, but last night came the
news that he had not been near baltimore.
Then his parents became uneasy and this morn
ing Inspector McCathran wds asked to have his
officers assist in the search for him.
LOOKING FOR ''MR. BROWN"
A friend OF the missing young man went to
Alexandria this afternoon to ascertain, if posi-
BILE, something of "Mr. Brown"
Mrs. Price said that her son had money in
bank and she thought he drew on his account
the day of his disappearance.
Mr.. Price. like Mr.. West, was said to be a
man Of exemplary habits. He was not addicted
TO liquor or tobacco nor did he smoke cigar
cites. as did Mr.. West.
He remained at home almost every night,
seldom going out after shutdown. He was
formerly In the employ of Messrs Woodward q
Lothrop as a clerk but last summer he was
travelling salesman for Baltimore firm
Mrs. West was seen by STAR reporter this
afternoon and she was almost crazed with
grief. She said she had heard nothing con-
corning her son and she could only hope that
he would return all right