The Portland daily press., 1895-02-05
WHERE is CAPT. OXNARD?
Reasons for Believing That He Is at
Flint, Michigan.
A SENSATION OF A YEAR AGO NOW
RECALLED.
The Cutting of Hay on the Oxnard Farm in
Freeport, and Other Circumstances, In
dictate That the Missing Man Is Alive.

The Cutting of Hay on the Oxnard Farm in
Freeport, and Other Circumstances, In
dictate That the Missing Man Is Alive.
The Oxnard sensation of year ago is still
freshly remembered, and the question
Where is Captain Alfred l.. Oxnard:" is
yet to be answered. but it can be said with
some degree of con fdence that he is not
dead. as may have thought might be the
case, but very possibly Is at this time in the
West and in the lumbe: business.
Circumstantial evidence isn't just now
very popular in Portland. and the Oxnard
sensation is reduced very much to a chain
OF circumstantial evidence.
In the first place the hay on the Oxnard
farm in Freeport was cut last summer by a
farmer who claimed ii by virtue OF a trade
made with Alfred L. Oxnard himself. An
other Man had bought it of Mrs. OXnard. or
at least had bargained for it. but the man
who said he had bought it directly from
Capt. Oxford did the cutting. AS was said
by member of the Oxnard family recently.
''If his wife hadn't been perfectly sure that
Alfred is alive and kicking somewhere, she
| wouldn't have let the other man had tie
hay. Depend upon it he's alive and she
knows where he is.
John T. Oxnard of Freeport is also per-
fectiy confident that his brother is alive.
He is SO con fdent that he is keeping alive
some of the famous OxnaId's suits. Those
suits figured largely in the sensation when
it was first started, that is when John i.
Oxnard thought the body of a mai murdered
in Massachusetts, might be- that OF Alfred
L. Oxnard. The following is the present
standing of the Oxnard suits:
John Fl. Oxnard in equity VS.. Alfred Il.
Oxnard and Sarah E. Oxnard.
Billed. filed and entered October s. 1889.
October az. 1889. demurrer filed.
January II, 1895. certificate of decision re-
ceived from clerk of S. j. 9. for W. d.
Decree of court below affirmed dismissal
bill with COSTS and additional costs since
the appeal but without prejudice.
John H. VS.. Alfred l.. Oxnard. insolvency
matter, entered October. 1889.
Martha Ann Oxnard VS.. Osborn Oxnard.
entered November, 1888.
Edward P. Oxnardfis is agent for Henry E.
Oxnard, executor of plaintiff. VIM. II.
Anthone is administrator of defendant.
Mary A. Oxnard VS.. Osborne Oxnard. VIM.
r. ALthoine, administrator. appeared and
was defaulted.
There must be very strong feeling of
confidence on the part of members of the
Oxnard family that Captain Oxnard will
yet return 10 take part in the pending l1tl-
CATION, or else the suits would be brought
to termination in some way.
1t will be recalled that at a time when one
of his cases was to come up in court Alfred
L. Oxnard suddenly dropped out of sight.
He was one of Sheriff SaWyer's deputies,
and later went to Boston where ne dld
many things, was engaged IN numDer OF
business ventures and was widely known
as pushing driving sort OF man. he
came down here with Mr. sleeper, boston
attorney VINO Win oetn L. Haila oee's Ioq.'
was to take charge OF his case. He was with
Mr.. Sleeper for some hours ana then dlsap-
peared. His sudden dropping out MADE WIG
work for time with MS cases, ana gave
John L. OxIard, victory at least Tor the
moment. AateI there was very stlohs at
tempt made to hnd MIN, a1ter the alscoVery
OF the poay relefreu 10 aDofe' oauseu 'onh
i. oxnaro 10 oeheVe lhat IL "'snt 10 'na'
OF ms orotheI, out not Trace u Inc Aiss-
Ing man couluipe iouhu'
Inc last mah WIZ sa" MN nele'! 'na' s
the last man "ho sa" nin noio sna' is 'ne
last one VINO posltifeiy ieoaiieo LII, was
a barber VINO saia ne snaseu on MS
whlsKers, leaving MS iohs inus'eone' Ane
next morning ne was soeh Wy Hieopof'
woman In that Flliages OF else sne "aue
very great mistake.
Some little time ago IL was hihteu that
Captain oxnard went TO some OF the lumDer
camps OF Michigan. and John L. oxna1d
Wheh Interviewer fesafuihs -ne' po-n' 10
called having hearo DIS orosher TAX ABOUT
being Interested IN Mlcnigah iumoer lahos.
He dldn t. SO ne Freely saio' take much
stock IN what Alfred salo ANYWAY. otli
he thought he might nave lo.o 1he tfu'n'
and that II so mlght nave gone "es' 10 iooA
AFTER MS interests. Actihe on tna' nin''
and the 1act that the morning aiter no was
last seen mere ne was oeiieveu W nave "een
seen IN hreeport, an at'einpo was niaue "
ma IL ticket ior nnn.' Ao
point near Wnlch ru+hof iooa'eu AiAi' was
sold mere ABOUT Ina t'io'
1t was olscofereo that 'ioAe' iof Aaa''
Saginaw. Mich. was sou tHe sery oa'
Capt. Oxnard disappeared. anu IL was re-