The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-11
THE LOST PHYSICIAN.
No Trace Has as Yet Been Found of
the Missing DR. lyman

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Attorney w. III. Hatton of Modesto ar
rived in the city yesterday morning on q
very hurried trip, as he took the afternoon
train for home. Attorney Hatton is the
lawyer who has had charge of the q fairs of
DR.. T. E. lyman, wealthy citizen of
Modesto, who so my seriously disappeared
from this city on the goth Of last October
and has not been heard from since. The
business of Attorney Hatton yesterday was
evidently connected with matters relating
to DR.. lyman but he did not seemed to be
inclined when seen by CALL reporter TO
throw much light on the subject.
Eyes. We are still hunting for DR..
lyman" said Attorney Hatton, "and we
are now considering the matter of raising
the reward OF $1,000 TO $4,000 or $1,000 for
any information concerning his where
abouts.
Il believe and have every confidence that
DR.. lyman will yet turn up. but cannot
give you any reasons for this hope. [ only
feel that way. You know DR.. lyman dis
appeared from San Francisco on October
20, 1892, after drawing 5000 in gold from the
that bank for $4,000. He did not return
to his hotel for his satcheI, but carried the
coin away in $40 gold pieces in a canvas
sack. Then he disappeared The detec-
tiyes traced him to Sacramento and from
that place to New York City. Since then
shot in space and lost in the deep void.
Il am not sure that that was DR.. lyman
who was traced from Sacramento TO New
York. but from the evidence feel satisfied
that it was he. There are a great many
others who do not believe that any real
trace Of DR.. lyman has eyer been found,
but that he met with foul play and was
robbed Of his money. DIR. lyman had many
had many influential friends in Modesto,
where he had large practice for many
years. Many of these believe he was MUIR
dered. They say that lie was hale, stout
and vigorous man, and shrewd ana sharp
In the transaction OF business. and never
gave any ind cations of insanity. There
Was no earthly reason for him to disap-
pear
I'VE have spent large sums In searching
for DR.. lyman. but have found 10 trace of
him beyond New York" said Attorney
HattOn. Circulars with DR.. Iynan's pho
tograph have been distributed in Europe
and America, but these have borne no fruit.
Yet still neither Mrs. lyman nor myself
give up hope and we expect TO hear from him
in tine. tine.
than this in Modesto County some ten
years ago, and | remember it well. The
man still resides there now, but for time
he was as unknown as the sixth satellite of
Jupiter. Why, one day he suddenly disap-
peared. His name was Morris and he was
a well-todo farmer. His wife snent large
sums in vain to trace him. -Four years
passed by, ard his wife gave him up for lost.
She was about to marry again, when she
received news that her long lost husband
had just been discharged from Pennsyl-
vana lunatic asylum. He came on to Cali
fornia, there was reunion, and he is there
now"
In speaking Of DR.. Tynan's property At
torney Hatton denied that there was any
ENHANCEMENT of the estate, as had been
published. He said of course the properly
was not in the settled condition it would
have been had its owner been here to per-
sonally superntend it, but that it was un-
true the liabilities were sufficient TO eat up
the assets. He said that even after all the
claims against the estate were paid, there
would remain a surplus of S250,000 or
$500 COO