Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15
YOUNG MINISTER MISSING
Rev. Dana Davenport Has Disappeared
From Near Baltimore.
Search Being Made In All Directions
Surmises Only Have Been
Furnished.

Rev. Dana Davenport, a bright and
promising young minister. son of the Rev.
w. G. Davenport, rector of Emmanuel
Protestant Episcopal Church, Anacostia,
has disappeared in a most mysterious man
ner. Young Mr.. Davenport is in charge Of
an Episcopal chapel at Harrisonville, Bal
timore county, Nd. about twelve miles
from the city of Baltimore, and eight from
Glyndon station, on the Western Maryland
railroad, and at the time the mysterious
affair occurred boarded with Mr.. Charles
Ware.
On the morning of July he told Mr..
Ware that he desired to go to Baltimore
for couple of days, and requested Mr..
Ware to take him to the nearest point on
the Emory Grove electric railway, over
which he intended to proceed to the city.
Mr.. Ware complied with the request, and.
after conveying Mr.. Davenport to the point
the latter had designated left him and re-
turned to his own home.
From this time and place all clew of the
young man has been lost, and although
during Saturday and yesterday every rela-
tive OF Mr.. Davenport in Baltimore and
vicinity has been visited by persons whom
tie father has engaged to assist him in the
search, not the slightest information has
been gained in relation to the matter.
The fact that Mr.. Dana Davenport was
missing was not known to his relatives in
Anacostia until Saturday, when his father
received a telegram from the Rev. Mr..
Smith, rector Of the Episcopal Church at
Owings Mills. Nd. asking If Dana was
home, and stating that the latter had prom
ised to be at Mr.. Smiths house yesterday
ore week ago, but did not come, ard he
had not since then heard anything from
linn.
Mr.. Davenport was astounded and almost
Frustrated with grief at the mere suspicion
that anything serious could have happened
to his son. and Immediately proceeded to
police headquarters in Washington, where
he laid the facts before Inspector Holm
berger.
That official assured Mr.. Davenport that
all that lay in his power should be done
to find Dana or obtain information relative
to him, and kindly communicated whit the
chief of police of Baltimore on the subject,
and the latter also took most active in
terest in the matter, sending out detectives
to work up every possible avenue of infor-
nation, but without the slightest favorable
result. NJ
that Dana had said in one of his letters
that he had a notion to take a trip down
the bay, and, acting on the theory that
he may have done SO. Mr.. Davenport today
went to Baltimore and will visit the offices
Of all the steamboat lines which keep a
list of the passengers, in order to see if
Dara'S name Is among them.
Mr.. Davenport also thinks that Dana
may possibly have taken an all-day trip
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reach the nearest point on the electric
road TO Harrisonville until late Saturday
night, but, feeling that he ought to be at
his church Sunday morning in time for
service, started to walk the eight miles in
the dark, and he fears his son fell in with
some ruttfans, who may have done him
serious harm.
1t has been suggested to Mr.. Davenport
that perhaps Dana may have been taken
i'll after starting to walk from the electric
road to his home and that his condition was
noticed by some resident Of the neighbor-
hood, who took him to his home where he
is now being cared for.
Mr.. Davenport intends to make a thor
ough search of the entire country between
Owings Mills and Harrisonville before his
return to Anacostia, unless he shall in the
meantime get reliable Information of
Dana's whereabouts.
Mrs. Davenport, Dana's mother, who has
been for some time caring for the poor
children at the Salt Water Home. Colonial
Beach, was informed of the sad occurrence
and reached Anacostia this morning. She
is greatly distressed over the affair, as are
the entire family, and the sympathies of
the people Of the whole town are with them
in their affiiction.
few months ago Dana was greatly
troubled with insomnia, which was caused
by an affection in one Of his eyes, from
which he had suffered since childhood
but which became much better after he
had, last month, an operation performed
on the organ by a well-known oculist in
Washington.