Evening star., 1895-07-16
NO TRACE OF HIM
Mr.. Dana Dayenport's Whereabouts Still a
Mystery.
He May He in yirginia-No Word Re-
ceiyed Today by the Dis
tressed Mother.

There is a faint possibility, but 1t Is 30
light as to be practically but little more
than a ray of hope, that young Mr.. Dana
Davenport, the son Of Rev. w. g. Daven-
port of Anacostia, an account of whose
mysterious disappearance more than a
week ago from his parish near Owings
Mills. Md. was published in The Star of
yesterday, is in Virginia, somewhere in the
vicinity of Fredericksburg.
Late yesterday afternoon Mrs. Daven-
port Dana's mother. received a letter from
Rev. Mr.. Smith, rector of the Episcopal
Church at Owings Mills, through whom the
sad affair became known to the parents
and family Of the young man and the pub
lie generally. stating that a parishoner of
Mr.. Smiths who was acquainted with Dana
was at Carter's Wharf, Va, which is one of
the landing places for the steamers of the
Weems line out of Baltimore. Wednesday
of last week and that he there saw gen.
ueman whom he took to be Dana.
The writer did not, however. have an
Idea that Dana had wandered away from
home. and as no good opportunity offered
to have a conversation with the latter he
left the wharf without getting q chance to
speak to him.
He Was Considernte.
Even II Dana was at Carter's wharf at
the time indicated he has had abundant
time since then to return to Baltimore If
he SO desired. Mrs. Davenport said last
night that what makes her more alarmed
for Dana's safely is the fact that he has
during his entire life been extremely care
full to do nothing to worry his mother II
he could avoid it, and there has never been
a night since her children were torn, until
Dana'S disappearance, that she did not
know each night where all were.
Some surprise has been expressed that a
delicate young man, and cne who rs rather
short for his years, as Is Dana, should un-
dertake to walk eight miles along country
roads on a dark night. But Dana Daven-
port was not the kind OF man to draw back
through fear.
In order to reach his home he had the
choice of two ways. The enc was through
an Italian settlement. whose members are
mostly railroad laborers; the other was
across a field. and several miles shorter
than the other This field was very
marshy, and, 1t is said. also contained
Quicksands, and 1t is feared that being in
hopes that he could reach his destination
more quickly by the shorter way, he Sc
lectcd that one, and may have come to
harm there.
No word in reference to Dana has been
received today by Mrs. Davenport from
Mr.. davenport, who went 70 Baltimore yes
terday to search for his missing son, and
this Is Understood by Mrs. Davenport to
mean that nothing CT a reliable character
has been heard as TO Dana's whereabouts
terry attending the disappearance. was az
deep as ever.
The Search in Baltimore.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, July 16.-Up to pm
today the police report that ne trace has
been discovered Of Mr.. Dana A. Davenport
who has been missing since Friday last.
Detectives are securing that section of Bal
timore county where the young man was
last seen. and hope to find some indications
of his fate before night.