The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-09-01
NO STEPS TAKEN
In THE MYSTERY.
The Companions of Charlie Bailey
Not Taken Into
Custody.
RELATIVES DON'T SEEM TO CARE.
What Officer Jones Saw-Thsy Deny Making
ANY Statements Insurance
Report Verified.

pearance OF young Charlie Bailey was
not cleared yesterday. The body of
the young man was not found, nor
was there any clue to show just in
what manner he met his death. The
discovery of the body IS the next step
to be taken in the investigation. In
the meantime the two young men who
were last seen with Bailey have not
been arrested, nor have any steps been
taken to detain them pending the
further investigation of the remark
able mystery.
The TIMES told in yesterday morn
ing's issue of the various occasions on
which w. N. Jones and Frank Bailey
gave contradictory statements as to
the alleged drowning of their compan-
ion how they told Mr.. Lott one story
and Mr.. Henley another; how they
utterly failed to give any clue to the
identity of the three mysterious wo-
men with whom they alleged they took
the boating trip from which Charlie
Bailey never returned, and how the
mud-soiled coat of the missing man
was left, without explanation, in the
room of the Acme hotel occupied by
the two men. These facts seemed to
warrant some decisive step on the
part of those who felt an interest n
the young man who was unaccounted
for,
But there seems to be no desire on
the part of young Bailey's relatives to
interest themselves in the matter. Mr..
John A. Lott, the brother in-law of
the missing man, who came to the city
Monday morning to look for the body,
left yesterday morning for Waycross,
after desultory investigation. All
the really important facts elected in
the case. were the results of investiga-
tion by the newspaper men.
The TIMES was in communication
with Waycross yesterday afternoon in
regard to the case. Nothing has been
done by the relatives of Bailey to
throw more light on his disappear
ance. Jones and Frank Bailey were
In Waycross, and denied making any
statements whatever to any one IN this
city. They were shown the article
in THE TIMES, and denied making the
statements quoted therein. They still
clung to the assertion that Bailey fell
out of the boat.
Wayoross parties, in communication
with THE TIMES by long distance tele-
phone. confirmed the statement that
Charlie Bailey had considerable in
surance on his life. 1t is known pos
itiyely that he had one policy of $4,000
and it is thought that he had other
small policies. Mr.. Lott, when ques-
toned on this line, said he didn't
thi1E tho uouu0 man poado opou0h
money to keep up the premiums on
such a large policy. so far as |
know though" said Mr.. Lott, "he
may have had that much"
Assistant Chief of Police Robert
Levison, in speaking of the case yes
terday, said: 81 offered to go with
Mr.. Lott and make a search for the
women, but he did not seem inclined
to do so. l am keeping lookout for
them, but without the least descrip-
ton to guide me it Is very difficult
matter to make any beadway in the
investigation. There are certainly
many suspicious facts In the case that
merit the detention of the two men,"
Officer Jones made 8 statement yes
terday, which is OF Importance in con-
nection with the disappearance. He