The morning call., 1894-09-27
TWO YEARS ACCOMMODATED
He Is Fully Identified by His
Wife and Friends.
BY sP.RITUALISTS.
Denouement of the Mystery Stroud
ing the Fate of a Rich Modesto
Physician.

after an absence of almost two years DR..
Thomas Z. lyman has returned 10
his family aud friends and does not ap-
pear to regard his recent absence as a
matter of serious import. His return was
as unexpected as his departure. and his
Whereabouts in the city is being kept
hidden by the more intimate of his
friends.
The story of his disappearance. the law
suit of his stepdaughters over mis- estate.
supposng him to be dead. and the FREE
Quept reports of his having been seen in
the East, are already well known 10 the
public.
1t may be stated. however. that lyman
was. a resident of Modesto and left his
home for a trip TO San Francisco on or
about the 18th of October. 1892 A few
days later he informed his wife by tele-
graph that ha would return soon, but from
that time until the present his person has
not bsen seen by his family or friends.
After reasonable length of tine had
elapsed his estate was brought into the
courts OF Modesto, and during all the pro-
ceedngs he was supposed to be dead. 1t
was bitter contest and the stepdaughters
did not agree on the division of the prop
erty, but the matter had almost been
settled to the satisfaction of all concerned,
when DR.. lyman was reported to be- alive
and 10 good health in Reno, New.
This information was furnished on Mon
day last BY John Slater. the spiritnalistic
medium, who claimed that an invisible
power had assisted him in locating the
doctor, although it must be said that the
latter had. according to his own story.
never tried TO conceal his identity in the
East.
Mr.. Slater entered the bank Monday
and informed Manager MONTPELIER that
DR.. lyman was alive and would arrive on
the Central Pacific overland train yester-
day morning. and when the latter reached
the Sixteenth-street station quite large
number of DR.. Tynan's old friends were
on hand to receive him.
He did not cross the bay, but at an early
hour yesterday morning he appeared at
the Changers Bank, Of which he was one
of the directors at the time OF his disap-
pearsnce. He was accom- panied by Henry
Mccormack, an employe of the bank,
who had gone to Reno in order to make
sure that the information furnished by
Slater was correct.
The Identification was complete. and the
doctor was Immediately recognized by al
most every employe Of the bank. Mr..
Montpelier stated that the missing man
was trifie thinner than usual, but his
countenance could not be mistaken. Ii
was DR.. Thomas E. lyman beyond a
doubt.
1t was shortly after 10 o'clock when he
entered the Changers bank. and, after
shaking hands with DR.. Wilkinson of Mo-
destO, an old-time friend, he passed on
into the Office of the manager.
Wife engaged in conversation with Mr..
Montpelier the door was opened quietly
and the wife of the missing man entered
the room. His changed appearance was
somewhat Of a surprise TO her, but in less
than an instant the reunited pair were
clasped in each others embrace. His
collar and cuffs were travel-stained and
crum pied, and his general appearance e,
aside from the silk hat which adorned his
head, was to say the least uninvitiDg but
bis wife chung 10 him for several minutes
and shed tears of joy over his return.
Slater, the medium, was present during
the meeting. and seemed to take such. a
lively interest in the scene that the on.
lockers supposed he was an old-time
friend of the family.
A meeting had been arranged to take
place between DR.. lyman and his wife at
the Baldwin Hotel, but after the suspense
she had endured the overjoyed woman
could not await the appointed hour.
81 could not wait for you 10 come to the
hotel" said she. "and determined to visit
the bank as early as possible, knowing you
would stop here first"
The maatinU WAC "a In sha nv
treme and the principals soon retired to
another room where they were 80 on Joined
by Slater the medium.
DIR. lyman then made a tour Of the bank
premises and recognized all those who
were employed during his term as director.
he had a kind word to say to all of them
and had no trouble whatever in making
his identity known. He was nervous at
times, but on the whole he behaved like a
man who had simply been absent oil a
prolonged vacation and was paying his
respects to the clerks serving under him.
The most singular feature of the entire
ease,is that DR.. lyman does not state
definitely why he left the city so sud
denly. He stated that he was down.
hearted and respondent, but he had no
thoughts Of committing suicide.
HaFo Icsluou IN boston most OF the
time," said he, land although a great
many may think me crazy l am as sane as
anv sane man in America"
When his old friends fiocked about him
and his wife in the California Hotel he
appeared to be happy. but they were soon
left alone and he would lapse into a mel
ancholy mood.
Slater. the medium, said he, is the
first and only one who recognized DR.. Ty-
nan in Denver, and his return TO San Fran
cisco may probably be accredited to him.
In RESPONSE to a question why he had
decided TO go away so mysteriousy, DR..
lyman stated that it was his own business
aud he did not care to discuss the PROPOSE
ton. He said Re was discouraged and dis
heartenad at tue time, a2d he felt that he
should 90 away. He laughed at the idea
Of being insane, and stated that he could
not possibly have kept out of the way OF
the police had he been mentally unpal-
anced. He said he had excellent reasons
for going away. and these he would not
reveal.
In regard to the contest over his prop
erty, DR.. lyman stated that he would take
steps to nave the entire estate turned over
to BIN. after proving that he was alive
and not dead.
Medium Slater says he found the doctor
through the aid of spirits and first learned