The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-30
j. F. HALLOCK IS MISSING.
M~FsTERIO Us ABsENCB OF a
wealthy FARMERS son

Gteasp so Sensible asa with Ne Kaowu
Ruriness or no-estic Troubie-Last Sees
II Ninth Averue ct Twenty-thira street.
Much anxiety and alarm IL felt in the little
village OF smlthtown. l.. l., on account Of the
Disappearance of J. Frank Hallock. Hallock IL
80 years old, and has a wife and three children.
lie is q member OF the Presbyterian Church in
Shutdown. and Is steady In his habits. so that
his disappearance without n word OF explans-
tion comes ~ n complete surprise to
his family and friends. His father. George
w. Hallock. Is one Of the most pros
porous produce farmers OF the region,
and the son has been in business with him for
some years. Young Hallock's business In con-
nectlon with the large farm takes him to this
city nearly every week. and when on Thursday,
Sept. 20, he told bls wife that he was going IN
the city on business and would be back the next
day she thought little about IL. When here he
stars At the house Of his sister by adoption, Mrs.
N. T. Smith, whose husband is In tho employ of
the Gorhnm Silver Company, at 4Os West
Twenty-ffth street. He went there on Thurs
day and spent the night there. In the morning,
as he was going out with Mr.. Smith. Mrs. smith
asked him II he would he back to lunch.
NO" replied Hallock. I've got q good deal
Of running about 20 do in the market district
and II will take me all day. I'll go back home
tonight when I've finished my business"
He took with him a package containing a pair
Of trousers which he had bought on the previous
day and some smaller articles OF clothing which
he had left At the Smiths tho last time he
stayed at their house. At Twcnty-third street
and Ninth avenue, Hallock and Mr.. Smith
parted, the latter going down town. He did not
notice in what direction his companion went.
Hallock has not been seen or heard Of since by
his friends. When he did not return home
Smiths. WHO Immediately set out TO trace him.
He had mentioned two markets TO which no
was going, but at neither of these had he been
where Hsilock is known. had no result. His
father and brother came TO the city and made a
sssrchi inauifins st every place Of business
hero and in Brooklyn. Finally they went to
do what ho could FOR them. The elder
Hallock does not know what to think, but he
fear: foul play or suicide. ..,
take caro- Of himself ordinarily" said lie. lie
In not n drinking man, nor has he ever shown
about 5000 In smithtown, but that would hard
~ seem to be any reason, because his creditors
raise nass that nos p amount prG' toemo nim; ' 4 Il &c wS epsl neS Sssi,y
r.: stu \ may be that no has brooded over
bles. Of that am certain. His wife Is almost
ANT ~ Il isr mot s snppnsted Of t mont the viii TIni'i hing % %Sen h "a
disappeared. lie wore a dark blue coat, dark
tropssss with ! small stripe, : black ,Oft hstI:
mou.teehc,. which he had Trimmed down on the
10 pounds, Mr.. and Mrs. smith incline 10 the
theory that he is mentally unbalanced. On the
yous and. dIstrait.' Besides his father and
brother. the Rec. Charles o. Gray. pastor of the
bcr OF others from the village have been in this
city trying to find a trace Of the missing man.