Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-03-16
MISSING.
Councilman Whalley Becomes In- volved Financially and
 Disappears.
return Friday morning.

Councilman Whalley Becomes In- volved Financially and Disappears.
 Yerterday the ire bell rang repeated ly, and the fremen assembled in their hall; there were no fires to be put out,
 but the announcement was made that
 James Whslley. councilman from the second ward, was missing, and whither he had gone no one seemed to know, but the impression prevailed, end pre- vails yet, that he had committed sui c.de. Searching parties were organized and he country round about the town
 WA pretty thoroughly gone through put without any positive clue as to his
 wheres bouts. East of the race track footprints were found that We're believ- 6 to be made by him, but the trail wae soou lost and could not be again found aud nothing came of the search. This
 morning tae mystery is as deep as ever,
 but the impression IS growing that he
 has not killed himself but has fled the country.
 The cause leading to this strange ac-
 tion Is generally attributed to financial
 'roub es into which he appears to have bec~ me involved.
 ilttle over two years az ) aD enRineer
 named A. Hoffman, commonly known 4s ''Blondy" Hoffman, was killed m a freight wreck between Pantano and the CIenega. He was a single man and as
 he had no known relatives Mir. Whailey,
 wh" Is an ex-eDgineer, was made ad- mlnistrator of the estate, which consist ed of wages due the dead engineer from
 the Southern Pacific company and two
 insurance policies f'r $500 each, one in
 the Broth erhood of Locomotive Fire
 men, the other in the Brotherhood of
 Locomotive Engineers.
 The only bond so far as known that
 MT. Whalley was called upon to give
 was one for $500 or whereabouts, with Engineers Bruce and Guthrie as bonds
 men. The moneys due the estate were,
 it is reported, paid to the adminIstrato or and appears to have been misused by
 him. On Saturday he was to be called
 upon to make an accounting to the pro-
 bate court and rather than face the
 humiliation and disgrace that he be-
 lieved was soon to follow he disappeared, but where he went to or what he did with himself is as yet mystery. Since quitting the employ of the Southern Pacific, MT. Whalley has been engaged ID the manufacture of soda and other mineral waters and was believed to be doing a fair and compensating business. On Saturday morning he made his usus. deliveries and on return ing home deposited the cash collected stabbed his horse and went out. Frank Proctor subsequently met him on Ochoa street and on speaking to him of some
 business before the city council was an
 swered that he (Whalley) vas mot
 much interested in the council business
 at present" That is the last positivt
 trace had of him. He told his wife that BIO was due him from the city council. On Saturday morning, while making
 bis rounds, he purchased an ounce of
 lau6anum under the pretense that he l wished to administer it to sick horse It was this fact which led largely to the belief that he has committed suicide to
 avoid exposure and escape the t8rnish that would attach to his hitherto un. blemIshed name.
 He leaves behind him wife, who is prostrsted with grief, and two children,
 one about eight years of age an. the other not more than two. The sympathy ot the entire community IS with them
 in their great sorrow.