Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-06
HUNT FOR A LOST HUSBAND
Mrs. Bowman Of Marshalltown Asks the
Police to Assist Her.
LAST TRACE OF HIM WAS IN THIS CITY
Letter Received from ~ Friend stated
He Had Been SIuEGcd and Robbed
at south Omnhn-No Record
of Such nm Occurrence,

The police are at present engaged in an
effort to discover the whereabouts OF Il. G,
Bowman, a travelling man Of Marshaltown,
Ia, who has disappeared under circum-
stances that are highly sensational and
mysterious. The interest in the case is in
creased by the fact that when he disap-
pearod Bowman had in the neighborhood OF
$500 in his possession.
The aid of the police has been called in
by Mrs. Bowman. the wife of the missing
man. Alarmed at information to the effect
that her husband had been sugged in South
Omaha and robbed of the money she
came to this city last Friday to investigate.
Up to the present time neither she nor the
police have succeeded in obtaining a trace
of the mans whereabouts.
Bowman left his home in Marshalltown
on September 8. presumably on a business
trip. He left behind his wife, who is a
physician, and their little daughter His
wife supposed that he stopped at the Mer-
chants hotel. but the register of that
hostelry fails to disclose his name although
he called there to get his mail.
Mrs. Bowman received no word from the
husband but received a startling message
from friend few days afterward. 1t was
to the effect that while Bowman was in
South Omaha one night ne was waylaid by
highwaymen ana robbed OF his money.
The communication, Mrs. Bowman says,
gave no further information. II did not
even tell her what disposition had been made
OF the wounded man, although it stated that
he had been severely injured.
Mrs. Bowman waited fer days in eNpeC-
fancy of receiving information. but no word
reached her. Finally she became so anxious
regarding the safety of her husband that
she determined to come to this city for
the purpose of an investigation.
NIr- IQ,,t4 hag trfA nt,I tl,n fri al
Of BCwmans. who wrote to her regarding the
slugging, but she has learned that he has
left the city. She says that she knew
that he was an acquaintance of her husband
but knew nothing further of his character.
Her information regarding him is to the
effect that he has left the city permanently,
but the police are endeavoring to locate him.
Mrs. Bowman is not certain as to the
amount of money that Bowman had in his
possession, but she believes that it was in
The neighborhood of $500. She says that
being a physician, she attended to her own
profession without interfering with her hus-
bands business and therefore knew little
of what he was doing. She states, how
ever that the money"all belonged to him.
The wife appears to be confident that her
husband has been waylaid, robbed and pos
sibly murdered and that his dead body will
be discovered some day. She says that
she and he never had any difficulty of any
kind and that their relations were pleasant
The police, however. believe that the
woman has been deserted and that the let
ter that Mrs. Bowman received was con
cocted by him and his friend. Bowman's
own name was attached to this letter, the
writer stating that Bowman was too badly
injured to use his own hand, but Mrs. Bow
man is confident that it was written by the
friend, who is also missing.
The police have but little faith in the
slugging story, as they are certain that
| Bowman could not have been robbed ant
injured without some report being made
especially as the circumstances were known
| to one person at least.