The herald., 1895-10-14
AYS|ER|OUS[Y MISSING
Police Officer Mcguire Has
Suddenly Disappeared
IS It A CASE OF SUICIDE !?
His Hat Found in the Lake at
Westlake Yesterday
TROUBLE MOST SERIOUS
Which Meant the Death of Either Him
self or Another Man
he Did Not Fear to Die, bnt He Wanted a
Fair Show
Last Seen at Cigar Store First Street.
His Friends Certain Thst Woman Is
Connected With the Affair
His Hat Found in the Lake at
Westlake Yesterday
TROUBLE MOST SERIOUS
Which Meant the Death Of Either Him
self or Another Man
he Did Not Fear to Die, bnt He Wanted a
Fair Show
Last Seen at a Cigar Store on First Street.
His Friends Certain Thst Woman Is
Connected With the Affair

Police Officer John f. Mcguire has
disappeared and it is feared by many cf
the members OF the ivcal department that
ne has suicided by drowning in the lake
ut Westlake park.
His hat was discovered only yesterday
morning floating on the waters of the
lake, while hitched to tree by the side
OF the lake was morse and buggy that
he had hired from livery stable shortly
after II o'clock and driven away on the
evening before.
1t is claimed that he was seen after this
ABOUT IL O'Clock buying cigars from a
store on East First street, but just who
saw him at this point is not known. At
all events the lake has bsen dregded and
every point on the outside searched, but
he is still missing. and .the most COM
plete mystery shrouds the entire affair.
Several theories are suggested, the first
that he has suicded and the other that
he has quietly lett the city and simply
threw his hat in the lake and tied the
horse and buggy where he did for the
purpose of throwing the people off the
track. His closest frienda and thoss who
;laim to be intimate with his affairs.
place no c,edence in the latter report and
hSS5Tt Iu3L WueD tUe lake Is thoroughly
dredged his body will be recovered.
HeA has been missing since midnight
Saturday. and from certain admissions
he made to friends earlier in the evening
it would appear that he became involved
in some liaison and rather than face dis.
grace ended his existence. What the ex-
act nature of this is his friends refuse to
say, but the trouble seems beyond ques.
tion to have been over a woman and from
the statement he made two hours before
he was. last seen there appears to have
been another man mixed up in the affair.
That something has weighed upon Ma
gn,re's mind recently has been very no.
t'ceable and nearly all of those who
have had any connection with linn have
observed it and remarked how different
he appeared from his usual pleasant and
careless manner. He had conversations
with few intimate acquaintances on the
force, but it was not until few hours be-
re he is believed to have killed himself
that he m made any confession that would
appear to throw the least possible light
on the cause.
This was 10 police secretary Ray Cottle
and who is about the first to have sus
pected that Mcguire had done something
rash.
HAaSu!io tutu Shlu ludL ne was III tTOu-
BILE of the most serious nature and which
could end but in one way. the death of
either himself or another man, and to
this he added the information that if
they caihe togeth er that night one or the
other would be killed. Mcguire further
stated that he did not fear to die, but he
was apprehensive lest the man in the
case would not give him fair snow for
his lie.
The first intimatiun of anything wrong
rx-nS I'D -
about o clock, when a horse and car
rage were found htched to tree by the
side of the driveway of Westlake park,
just north OF the little summer house.
Nobody was near the outfit and nothing
unusual was thought of the occurrence,
as the finders at once supposed that
somebody had wandered eff and forgot
ten that the rig was there, having IN all
probability fallen asleep. The outfit ~as
allowed to stand there until late in the
afternoon, when it was removed to the
Eagle stables on South Broadway, from
whsre 1t had been gotten. and not until
then was the mystery partially cleared.
During the day information was sent
to the police station that black hat had
been seen floating on the water, and
Officer Benedict went out to investigate
the possible drowning. Some men and
hoys from the boat house got into a GOAT
and flshed the hat out of the lake.
Mr.. Benedict got into the buggy and
drove the horse to the stable, and there
was met by Thomas Latter. one of the
Stable hands.
do you know anything about this
rig?' usked the officer.
why, yes, l ought to-" said Latter.
1T beiongs here, and we hired it 10
Officer Mcguire last night and have been
looking for it all today.
We'll. that explains the entire affair,
was all the officer replied, as his hands |
tell by his sides at the startling intel.
llgencs.
The recovery of the hat then left no
doubt in the mind of the officer that
Mcguire had either suicidad or met with
foul play. A careful saecrh was then
made to determine whether these theo-
ries were true or not.
Mcguire. met Officer Leverich ON the
street Saturday afternoon about O clock
and to him. said that he intended to
attend wedding. and after few re-
marks went away. Soon after this Ma
ruire telephoned to Desk Clark HensIey |
and said that he would not report for
work that evening, as he had to go to q |
wedding.
A bout O'CLOCK he rifted into the |
Peerless saloon, on South Main street, |
ifhe could not give him some currency |
Tor gold. Hc produced a twenty y-dollar
piece and received the cnange for it.
There was probably $50 or more IN gold
still in his hand, but as Mr.. Wallace had
no more currency Mcguire put the money
into his pocket, and after few remarks
loft the saloon.
Shortly after II o'clock Mcguire won't
into Bob Kern's saloon and there met
Ray Cottle. and to the latter made GER
tain statements that 60 to prove the |
theory of suicide or foul play.
Mr.. Cottle WAS seated at q table and