The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-20
BOUHAN STILL MISSING.
He Told His Daughter He Was Going
TO Oklahoma.

! A Belief That He Has Incumbered
His Property and Skipped-She Re-
fused His Offer of Settlement and
Ordered His Detention Until He Had
! Given Bond-Bouhan' Disappear
ance Seems to Have Brought Out a
Rather Sensational Case.
| The mysterious disappearance of Will
( lam Bouhan the contractor last Tuesday
morning has not yet been accounted for,
/ and all effort and searching have failed
/ to disclose his whereabouts.
The officers of the court have puzzled
themselves to account for his re-
naming away, as it is known he has
property here, and some Of them have
been worried no little by his failure to
turn up.
Bouhau's trouble is a peculiar one in
that il came about by suit brought
against him by his daughter. Some
years ago he made over a large amount of
property to her in trust. The trust deed
gave him permission TO sell any portion
of the property when it was advan-
tageous, but required him to reinvest the
money in other property for her benefit
BOuhan, ii seems according to the dec
laration filed last February, sold consid-
cradle Of the trust property and failed to
reinvest it as the trust deed required.
He failed to account, it is stated, for the
proceeds from the sales and also for the
income from the property during the
time in which his daughter, Miss Mary
Ellen BOuhan, has been the nominal
beneficiary.
1t is now charged that Bouhan has sold
three lots or parcels of the trust property
since the bill and prayer for injunction
was filed. He went to his daughter, ac-
cording to the statement of the attorneys
and proposed to settle the case by paying
her 81 900. Otherwise he told her she
would not get cent as he was going to
dispose of his property and leave for Okla
homa territory, where she could not reach
him.
She refused to accept the terms of set
Element offered by him. and fearing he
would carry out his announced intention
at once, his daughter consulted her attor-
neys, Messrs. Erwin, duBignon Il CHS
holm, and it was decided to have him ar
rested on writ Of ne exeat.
The declaration alleged that
he had disposed of large
portion of his property, and that in the
opinion of the defendant he was about to
leave the state and place himself beyond
the jurisdiction of the court. His offer of
settlement to her and threat that he was
going to leave the state was recited in
the petition, and the writ of ne exeat was
granted by Judge Falligant.
The request was made not to have
Bouhan sent to Jail Monday night. On
account of the fact that it was too late
for him TO arrange to give bond Mr. w.
S. Chisholm, who has charge of the case,
agreed that if he were placed in charge of
responsible officer at one of the hotels
until morning, when he could give what
ever bond was fixed by the court, he
would not insist on his being taken to
Jail
Bouhan was placed in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Higgins. He was kept at his house
instead of at one of the hotels, and how he
escaped on a pretext that he wanted to
feed his horse is well known.
Now that he has not shown up, it is be-
lieved that he may have encountered or
disposed of his property, or a large part
of it here. 1t is not known vet, how
ever, just what he did with regard to his
property, but thorough investigation of
the records will be made before any &C
ton is taken. Bouhan's disappearance
has caused much surprise and talk, and
the case seems one of peculiarly sensa-
tional nature.