The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-06-26
TRACING THE LOST
An English nan in Brooklyn Who
Makes 1t a Business.
He Has Found Four Hundred Missin.
People-Hot Men and Women Get
Lost a nd Are Found by
IT. Drenon.
TcoE WRIGHT, 1so5.1


1nsCon.Cregan one of the late Charles
Levers breezy ovels, an unusual pro-
fesaion is,referre d to as having been in
existence in Paris. It was a quartor-
Eieme or fourtee nth. This was per-
son who was.hira1 out to make four
tee1r4h at table when any host who
waSgiping a dim er party found that
tfriI$een were present. In Brooklyn
there issa4person engaged in an occu-
pationtunique as guertOrzieme. 1t is
that Ola discoverer ,or rather tracer of
missing, friends.
j. Col onna,Drenon isl his name, and
he has BEEN singularfy successful in
his odd profession. 1sacts are in his
possession that would prove verita-
ble mine OF wealth to the novelist or
romance W ritter. Mr.. Drenon is an
EngIisiInan of Irish descent and has
been bat a sh ort time in this country
During this p eriod he has gladdened
the hearts of many and relieved the.
minds of others who shave sought It'd
ings as to the fate of long-miSs5ng rel
atires or friends. Wives have wished
to know what had become of hus-
bands. fathers and mothers of.sons and
daughters brothers. of sisters, and sis
tiers of brothers. InSthe United States
alone Mr.. DFenon has successfully
traced upwards of four hundred
missing persons, all h.ailing' from Great
Britain Two POPULAR weekly London
newspapers, ReyRoldsT Newspaper and
Lloyd's Weekly, publish .coaunns re-
lating TO missing relatives and Mr..
DrenOn's name figures in themTegular-
ly. He receives correspondence on the
subject from all parts of the world,
chiefly England and British possess
sioBs, and his daily mathis a heavy one.
Some of the inquiries made ara by
relatives Of persons who left thsir
homes in Great BritainA or Ireland
sixty and even eighty years ago,
and others seek information of those
who may have Disappeared within the
last two or three years.
Mr.. Drenon, who hvese,fn tconrfrrta-
Die apartments in a central part of
Brooklyn, Spoke IN very entertaining
wav of his career and methods. He
does not look more than thirty years
old, and has a shrewd>- earnest face,
with most kindly expression
Hefhas had many and varied expert
ences0Hith distinguished people, among
whom may be mentioned the late
Charles Stewart Parnen and William |
O'Brien, members of parliament From
early yputh he had taste or rather a |
natural aptitude for what may be |
termed idealzed detective work In a |
riddle tournament In childrsn's 3 paper |
he wrote to the editor for the names |
and addresses of those who, like HIM
self, took part in it, in order that ne ,
might communicate with them The /
information was refused, whereupon,
bYstaking the towns mentioned and the |
names, and such, siightclews asinitials, I
and writing TO newsdealers and others,
he learned all he desired TO know and |
got into correspondence withmost of /
the contributors, much to the surprise,
but subsequent satisfaction, OF the pro-
prieeor cf the paper
What induced me- said Mr.. Drenon,
F'to turn my sttenti0n TO the search for
missing friends was a mere accident.
] was doing work On, the London Star
In fhe year 1883, and there was much
excitement on account of the sudden
disappearance of young and pretty
lburlesque actress, Mabel Love, from
the Gaiety theater. She was supposed
30 have gone away with nObleman-
Her mother was always with her, and
ruled her with rod of iron, but the