The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-19
NELSON DENNIS MISSING
The Railroad Storekeeper of
Tiburon Is Out of
Sight.
No Trace of His Whereabouts Since
Thursday Evening of Last
Week.

Nelson Dennis, storekeeper of the San
Francisco and North Pacific Railroad at
Tiburon, has disappe AIRED.
He was last seen at the coEner of Ellis
and Market streets in this Cit& about ! 80
O'Clock last Thursday evening. He con-
versed q few moments with Frank Singley,
the travelling auditor of the railroad COM
pany, and told the latter that he was GO
ing to Masonic lodge in the City and
was starting early. as his examination
might take some time, for the reason that
be had never visited a lodge in San Fran.
cisco
General Manager Whiting OF the San
Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
Company said yesterday that Dennis had
been in the service OF the company FOL
twelve years He lived at Santa Rosa and
was the chief support of his mother and
five children.
He came TO San Francisco last Wednes.
day morning. sub tilted his monthly re-
port according TO custom, and should have
returned TO the Tiburon Office that even
ing. While at the Office here he drew $50.
The singular circumstance connected
with the affair is that Dennis did not re-
q.
managers of the company would have
attribute his non-appearance to foul play
or murder if Dennis had not been seen Id
San Francisco Thursday evening. Now.
about the only thing TO account for his
absence is that there Is a woman in the
case.
He registered last Thursday night at the
Golden West Hotel on Ellis street. near
Powell, and the room assigned to him was
occupied that night presum ably by Dennis
himself
HIS accounts are clear and correct. in
dicating that he expected 10 return TO his
Office in Ti0urnn, according to his usual
custom for many years. He is a sober,
industrious man, whose fixed habit was TO
90 home 10 his family in Santa Rosa
every evening. His duties as storekeeper
do not involve the handling of money, so
there is DO deialcation or embezz lement
connected with the vanishing of Dennis.
The San Francisco and North Pacific
Railroad Company has furnished the fol-
lowing description OF the missing man:
Age 25 years; height, about feet 10 or IL
inches; complexion, fair; hair light brown:
blue eyes, full, large and rather far apart;
features, regular; was smooth shayen but
beard was OF q couple of days growth very
thick and coarse and Of reddisb-brown color.
weight about $50 pounds; was dressed in a
black diagonal cutaway frock suit brown
overcost V I'll worn, collar OF which was gene
rslly turned up on Dack OF neck, Ia psis turned
back fiat in front ana front OF overcoat nplIed
and creased from meek down front, as if from
weight in pockets; white linen shirt with
turneG-down collar and dark four-in-hahd
necktie; wore a black derby hat. pulled
slightly forward over eyes; Ill walking gene
rally had hands in front (top) pockets OF pants.
and stopped considerably.
Some Masonic friends of Dennis came IN
this CITY Sunday and reported the facts to
Captain Lees. The police are now seeking
TO solve the mystery of the case.
Nelson Dennis wrote his name on the
register of the Golden West Hotel in a
firm and leciole style His name is quite
well down on the list OF THURSDAYS ARR
vals. He was assigned to room 203. and
the clerks assert that he occupied The room
alone. Before going 10 his room he gave
an order to be called at 5 O'Clock rIday
morning, and his directions were obeyed.
II is presumed that he left the hotel early
to catch the first boat for Tiburon.