The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-27
His Disappearance.


DR.. lyman was the heaviest property
owner in Modesto. He was also a director
of the Changers bank in this city and
we'll known to people all over the Pacific
coast, among whom he had been a famil-
lar figure for years, his large wealth, his
prolonged vigorous strength and business
capacity having made him conspicuous.
He was over 70 years of age when he
disappeared.
On the 18th day of October, 1892, he was in
the Changers bank in this city and then
and there was paid over to him the sum of
5000. From about that day until now
he. has been supposed TO be dead. In
July, 1893, his wife offered a reward of
5000 to. any. person who should furnish
information came. What was temporarily
supposed to be the mortal remains of
DR.. lyman came to light some times in
one place and sometimes in another.
Traced to Sacramento.
The detectives, however, insisted that
where he bought a ticket to New York
under the name of Thomas S. Stanley
but further than this they could not
onhs h or him. and M nsy d9F ha
he was dead, and on the showing made
Judge Minor, of Stanislaus county de-
cided that he was dead.
the Changers bank the first authentic
information about DIR. lyman, few days
ago. He said that the missing physician
be- sent with him to Reno Accordingly
Henry Mccormick, who is connected with
the bank and who knew DR.. lyman went
to Reno with Slater. The Identification
was complete. Slater said that he knew
DR.. lyman, whom he had met east of the
Rocky mountains.
SIater's Queer Story.
AS to finding the doctor, Slater as
cribes it all to the spirit form of DR..
Tynan's first wife. He says:
II rr--t ftr1rr Lot in
my suite of rooms at the Clarendon ho-
tel in Boston. 1t was a letter to my
wife. 1t was about 1880 o'clock. Sudden
ly a woman's form stood over me-dis-
tonight, sure, and you will see my hus-
band, Dr. Thomas E. lyman
81 went Immediately. l did not wait
to finish my letter. The number given
was that of well known boarding house
in central location, not more than
twenty minutes walk from my hotel: The
street and number I have promised not
to reveal. When l rang the bell asked
for Dr. lyman; they told me he was not
there, but while 1 was talking he came
me- I took him to the hotel and we
talked together until after midnight.
Then he went away, and l made no ef-
fort to restrain him. For three weeks L
ton and 1 returned soon after to Cali,
fornia. I saw Mrs. lyman, but she would
not believe that 1 had seen. the doctor;
She believes it now. Early in August L
went back and fousd the doctor again.
We went to New York together, and on
Monday, the 18th inst, we, left there,
bound this way We stopped one day in
Chicago and reached Reno, where 1 left
Dr. lyman last Saturday"
VIII Get the Reward.
Slater. it is understood. has the promise
of s.. 600 and expenses. Mrs. lyman would
not fix any sum until she saw the doc
tor and this amount was agreed to to-
day.
Dr.. lyman will now take steps in the
Stanislaus county courts to- have him
self declared being of the flesh:
The San Francisco police are skeptical
about the spiritualist story, and hint
that DIR. lyman was induced to disappear
by some unknown means to them.
DR.. lyman himself is an ardent believer
in, cpiritIl ism