The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-20
STEPPED OUT.>OF HIS LIFE;
REMARKABLE DISAPPEARANCE OF A
WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN.
Goo. C. vnfus Steps Out of .liis Housesc1
Queen Street, OF March and has Com
pietely Disappeared. ..

pietely Disappeared.
CHARLESTON, S. c., March l5.-
fAbout 9 o'clock on the morning. Of
the 4th OF March George c. .InfuggA .
tailor, walked out Of his residence al
6E Queen street, and nothing has: been
seen or heard Di him since" "A more
remarkable case of mysterious disap
pea1alce: never occurred anywhere,
and eertainly.a parallel to it has.n
been hearc Of j. Charleston. in. many
years. AS. the lame lndieates. MIR.
Urfug was OF German birth, but n:e
came to this city oyer quarter OF q
century ago. For many years he: has
conducted well-known tailoring es'
I'tahlishmest, which was patronized by
many well-kpown Charleston.people.
He himself was personally well known
| to. .hundledS,of people, and it appears
Falnost incredible that heshould have
disappeared. within an. hour so com
pletely that every effort to discover
sihge trace Of his whereabouts has
proved unavailing::- Yet. thisis a sim
pie statement of what has occurred,
Iii larger cAies.men come and &c
without mitch attention being. grVen
to their Movements. One figure more
tor less in New York, for instance, is OF
little conseohence, but even there
well.known'nan. cannot. drop instan-
taneously from the view of his associ:
ates without leaving some trace OF
himself. Ii. Charleston it. IS far more
remarkable ftow man could step out
of'hislife' which has. surrounded hmm
without his family Or isfriends being
able to give any account OF him after
given hour. Yet this is exactly
what has happened in the case OF
George g. Unfug; Between 9 and
half:past' , Monday. morning. March
4th, ,.he' to8l his wife that he was gong
out IN the city. He took his hat and
coat and stepped out into Queen street
and that is absolutely the last that she
has seen orheard. Of him. Every eff
fort Ras been made by his friends. to
discover his. whereabouts but the
search has been futile 'th :"
f.. The police department tookthe mat
ter UP some days ago, and the, othcers
have been on. the, lookout for the miss
ing man, .Mat.they too have been una
bic to<discogera trace of f1ia. There
has evidently. been an effort: made to
keep the matter quiet, for very few
people. knew of Mr.. Unfug's disap,
pearance yesterday Al sReporser fo1
The News .apd Courier heard OF it aec1'
dentally tom "a gentleman who fo1
wears had been a customer ofthe miss,
ing..tsilor. and an investigation was
set, onsfoot at once. Mr: -Upfug's tail
|orihg establishment used to be: at 131
CHURCH street but within the last few
|meptks be together with his: family
had moved toI61 Queen street. neat
little house with a green, front,, two
doors II the rear ofFighe's auction
establishment atthe corneEQt Meetlng
~ ssW6eS M The Reporter applied there. 70.
mi i tSi. teSrpasti6n he found the place closed
| but he y vas lift orsshed that Mrs. Unfog g
E.coufd be seen at 50 Queen street. y
door bearing these figures proved .tc
| be an .entrancs to ae.stairEEay which
leads,to the apartments above the auc-
ton house '6h the corner, and one or
two hearty pulls: upon bell khob
brought two ortfree bIght-eyed aiit,
tile children tumbling over one another
down the psahd 10 the door: When
Mrs: Enfug was asked for tie word
was passed back up sthe;steps from one
child to another. that. Mrs. Unfug was
to be told&hat there was a gentleman
VINO wished to see her: A moment
later little. womanin amodest brown
'Idrass appeared:. Her hair was,almostt
! Mfite i:if and upon 4hsr<face,. which, wa:
very sad. were traces .att. the .aax1ety
nd:suMeri1G, enthusiastically: been en-
during. for the last teh-days.~.,~.. -
I: She saialsne was Mrs: Vnfug, and II
was true that Mr. U&fYS was missinss
He had left the home on the morning
Of the 4th;: and she ,had. heard nothing
of him since. She could form no.een-
lecture; Of MISUNDERSTANDING, but she
feared that he was: dead. Wnen7he
went out that:mornipg: she supposed
| he. had gone out. To- collect .hl3s.
When" lie had not returned at dinner
time she wsassnot uneasy, f8rl there
were many things which might have
delayed finn. Exen at nlghtfalL she
was as; not seriously. alarmed byhis, pro:
traGted. absenea but. when the aqps{
night: wore away and there was still
20 sign of him-her fears We're aroused.
He neterspent the night away from
home. Next morning She ':confided
her fears to her family, and Inquiries
We're made far and near; but that day
and the,ne8t dragged Slowly by and
Still therewas no sign of her missing
husband. .,The,. police were notified
finally they too had failed TO- lind !
a trace of Mr..Unfug;.: She had wanted
to notify The News and Courier of her
husbands absence Some days ago, but
Fshe had been prevented from doing so.
She had n6stheory TO advance, but she
feared thas her husband was no Longer
alive Sheeould think of uo.reason
why he should remain away.
II Hnow,p. she continued, :fhat re
Gently he has s:oceasionallN drank to tToo
much. Possibly he was in thiis: II: con. q ;;
dition and remained in it so long that lst
he Was. ashamed to return; but l
don't care what his condition is, where
els or::wlat> he has done, I want him
back. All I.wapt is that he should
come back tome once more safe, " and
the tears, which the poor little woman
had been struggling bravely against,
began TO briin over her eyes, 'snd her
lips trembled.. - -: =.
George G.: :Unfug, was man well
beyond middle age He came.to. this
c0nntry before the. war, and when
that struggle came on he entered the
Confederate army and fought'braEely
and well.
Speaking of him yesterday a'geutle-
man, who was, himself a. gallant sol,
der said, George Uhfng was as good
a soldier as ever shouldered a gun,
and T am Sorry to hear of his disap-