The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-19
WHERE IS Dave LANTER
He Leaves a Happy Home After
Five Weeks
Of Married Life and No Word
of Him
Has Yet Reached His Relatives-one
More Added to the List Of De-
serted Wives-Ls He
InsaneP


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half an hour
Kate Sawyer Lanter his pretty wife.
SET about to clear up the breakfast
4 dishes. The time flew by and it was
two hours. when she happened to think
that Dave Lanter hadn't returned She
j felt worried Eleven o'clock came and
no husband was in sight Something
told Mrs Lanter that all was not well.
+ Perhaps Dave had gone to her sisters
4 house at 81 East Third street. She
went to a neighbours house and secured
the services Of a small boy to go to Mrs.
Andrew Smiths house. But with the
/ boys return came the answer that Dave
i had not been there. 1T was noon and
Mrs Lanter was now thoroughly alarm
ed. She went to the shops where he
was employed but was told that he had
not come 20 work that morning. She
went to see a man whom she had heard
I him say he would see that morning.
+ but she was dismayed 20 find that he
had not been there
ia her desperation she went to her sis
+ ters, Mrs Andrew smith at 81 WesB
/ Ihlrd street. Ior counsel Ihere was alb
soiutely no clue as 70 Where Dave Ian
f ter. the steady workman and loving
husband. had gone The family decided,
\ to wait awhile and see if he would turn
4 up the next day Thursday came, but
/ the man who was anxiously looked for
+ 9y the lallhrul pride dld not return
Z r4oa4s ana no lave AaALef. As the
Tune sped py ana nothing was heard OF
hlAht lhe fanny determined 20 make
lAoIouSh lhNeslIgsttloh ana 70 see what
was Lhe cause on ms leaving ana MS
W4ereapouts-
4ney feared foul play, for word had
come lo LnelF ears thaI ne mad enemies.
lave LahleF IS yet beyond the knOWl-
edge IF his wife and her relatives. his
EeIallNes hNlhg an ottawa Grenola ana
4+afned nave heard nothing OF him.
fils young Wire was until Oct "a, 1895,
MISS EAeAlS 7sAW3e = da1Bntef OF MT
ana MIS- p NJ sawyer OF 5uo Monroe
street
of many years she mas made her
nome Win nef prolher-ln-laVVr andrew
9lAltA' 3lA W est Ehlrd street. she used
to clerk Tor the Wlggln-Hardlng 90,
ana was Win the firm when IL failed
men s4e eleFkea az crosby BROS until
ABOUT ne -9ln oI Dcloper last
f7As If q y9OH@ woman oA perhaps ~
ears q SOFT Dlue eyes ana modest
fEl7uss9sslAs appearance
40 q reporter sIAe sail@
"a can imagine what can be the mat
ter with Dave Last Tuesday he drew
ms checks ana When ne came home in
lhe evening ne showed me two checks.
aidh ththk Wnat thaI meant We
Went VIZ Town logelher ana paid some
pliis- ae l9ia me that ne had mad some
WORDS Win ms foreman, MT James,
ana that ne expected ~ be discharged
w men ne came nome with the checks ne
told me that ne mad been discharged.
ana ne seemed TO feel very bad about
~ ne saiu ghaL ne 1hought ne might
SET work ln me ottawa yards. We got
qA carry on w ednesday morning and ne
leIt tn6 mousse az 4 ZIP. ne Sala. now
Kate II rs PACK mere III mar an noun,
pa IN less imam an hour an the most
told hlm 4 wanted 70 nave rabbit or
Two fQr dinner, ana ne said ne would
r. e the store anq get them for me
When ne GOT back Just the evening be-
Tore ne sala to me- hale the only
trouble with you ana 1, AZ that we are
TOO hdppN- am afraid that something
viii happen to us have thought Of
that since many times, and wonder
What ne meant Wednesday morning
Wneh ne lelIs ne SAID ne was going to
aTF r man ABOUT work AFTER dinner
Went II ste lhat man. ana ne sara that
4e haa NOT peen there Went 70 see
+ oleLnan James and he said that Dave
4ad drawn ms time the day before Mr..
James IS mis- best friend and Dave must
nave 4lllsuh understood MN. 4 don know
VIZ DaVe should nave deceived me. IL
t ~ w aliq Lsel {Ilal something mas