The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-11
a MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE

The Aspen Daily Times OF Sunday gives
the following details OF the mysterious
disar pcaraEce Of Rev \ T. Garrison. who
WAS formerly pas; or OF the Oak Street
Presbyterian church OF this city. M
Garrison is not ouly we'll known. hnt has
numerous friends and some relatives mere
The Denver Post OF Tuesday coassins
The following. account of the mysterious
disappearance Of y Z Garrison. who i
well known 10 the citiz-u> IL Aspen. aa3
II viii Dc remembered That lie WAS chair
man VI the PEOPLES party Convention hell
in this city last fa.l for the nomination OF
tie county tick.V, Mr.. Harrison 1T That
time being "A resident o. IhomasyiIi-
WHERE he had large mining interests: A
+ Gsrris0n. cashier of The Capitol bank ot
Denver, : inys;erioQsly missing AID LIS
friends are worried over i. MIR Garrison
IS relative OF President John \ ; Stephens
Of tie bank and has made his home With
him Tor the past three months, NJ which
time be entered the emp.oy OF the ban A.
Mr. t1arr.son's home : n Colorado
cpgia-s. where his wife aud children .ive,
and y mas been as custom 10 20 there
every Saturday eEerlng aCa remain over
Unit. Nouiay. Last Saturday he left
the bank at the usual hour. telling Mr..
STEPHENS that lie would be back Monday
Ia t-4- 1t AS G4l4 AOs apt-af - ~
hor-a n Colorado Springs and sunday
Mrs. Garrison, becoming alarmed, teie-
era pi4sd 10 DSnveT 70 fad out * lie had
left here. Her telegram WAS answered
Stain. that he had departed Is usual for
honls on Saturday. but no one could be
found who had seen him since he LETT the
bank The fearing wife after satisfying
herself tia. he had not come 20 Colorado
Springs on Saturday evening. started OF
Tuesday for Dsarer 10 make personal
search fer her husband. sue ana Mr.
Stephens searched every place. hospitals
and institutions where misfortune might
have possibly dragged him, but no trace.
o: him could be fouad.
The accounts Of Mr. Garrison az the
correct, and his friends fear that he
must have been lured from the train
some place between here and Colorado
Springs robbed and murdered. When
residing IN Denver, Harrison was with his
relative Mr. Stephens, most of the time,
and Mr.. stephens says he had no Intention
of leaving Denver, and on leaving the
bank Saturday last had considerable
sum OF money on MS person.
MIR. Garrison is graduate of \ ale and
is considered wealthy man at Colorado
Springs, owning large mining interests at
Townsville. The family have asked the
aid of the authorities in the effort TO 10
cate father and husband.
The following further information re-
latiug to Mr.. Garrison Is taken from yes
terday's Denver Republican: when
Mrs Garrison arrived in Denver and re-
ported that she knew nothing OF her hus-
bands whereabouts the bank manager
overhauled his books and found them Cor
rect to the smallest detail Then they IN
vestigatgd the money drafts and checks
in the safe. Not I. cent was missina.
That afternoon Mr.. Garrison's wife
came to Denver. When she learned that
he had not left the city for any dishonest
acts, she came to the conclusion that he
had become mentally derangod from his
hard work and probably left the city upon
n trip, the end OF which she could not con- /
lecture. She had good reasons for believ- |
ing this. Her husband had been a Presby /!
terrain minister SIX or seven years ago and /
held charges at Wichita and Burlington, /
Kan. He was hard student while IL the /
and at one time was threatened /
with softenIng of the brain. 1t was at tie I
I'D vice OF Il physician that he finally quit /
the pulpit and came to Colorado She be- /
iieveS that his intense mental work upon /
his books has produced the maiady which /
threatened him ana has rendered l
him temporarily insane.
This seems to be probably the true eX- 1
PLANTATION of his disap pearauce. He had .
done nothing criminal and could have no 4
motive for sinking from sight SO suddenly. !
He was a religious man and was addicted /
to no bad habits. He was well off tuan- /
cialiy. His domestic life was happy one. /
He had numerous friends and no enemies 4
that any one knows OF. Notrouble weigh |
ed upon him. In consequence, there was /
nothing in his life that would make him /
commit Suicide There is little possl biiity I
that he was murdered for purposes OF rob }
berry. He had little money upon his person /
Or SO At ihe most.
When his employers learned that he
was not at Colorado Springs they thought I
that maybe lie had gone to Townsville,
where he IS interested IN some mining
properties They teisgraphed to the
station agent and TO the postmaster of
that town. but received reply shat Mr.. /
Garrison had not been there.
The missing man came originally from
Michigan. He was in the ministry for
lumber OF years II Kansas. He Came TO
Colorado half a dozen years or so ago aud
went into the mining business at Aspen.
In that business he amassed a snug
amount Of money. His mines in Thomas
glils are fine properties. He has but one
;hIld, young man who Is now a student
At Yale. Mr.. Garrison was 70 years old
" hen last seen he wore A EeAt brown sack
,uic aud "A black slouch hat. He has a
heavy irou-gray nust4che. His dark hair
: tinged with gray. His eyes are blue
His disappearance has been reported 10
he police. Chief Howe has detectives
Working on the case.