The evening times., 1898-10-17
FORTUNE LEFT IN ATRUNK
Strange Disappearance OF a
Rich Irishman.
ALL TRACE OF HIM LOST
With a Friend and n Fortune, He
Starts for IA Trip to His Native
Land, But He MysteriOusly Leaves
Both and Battles All Efforts of the
Searchers for Him.


acres of grass land and bog in County
Antrim Ireland, has been known for
nearly two centuries as Kingston Manor.
A mile from the house, under the shelter
OF a cluster of hills there nestles the
village of Kingston. The lord of the ma
nor and the squire has for generations
been an Allen.
Over thirty years ago the squire was
Samuel G. Allen. He had four sons and
daughter. One of the sons is a minister
of the Church of England He now reigns
in The old 'squire's stead. Another son is
an officer in the Royal Artillery He is
stationed in Ireland The third Is an OFF,
Ger in the Royal Navy. The fourth, Hem
ry, is a civil engineer.
The old squire was proud of his sons.
Henry was particularly brilliant. He went
through Trinity College, Dublin, with fly
ing colors. He was the gold medalist of
his year. and took double honors In math-
ematics- He took up the profession of
civil engineering. but in a year or two
became a slave to strong drink. His life
in Ireland. his future in his profession
were ruined. He decided to come to
America.
Located in Toronto
In 1863 Henry Allen hung out the shin
gle of civil engineer in Toronto and
soon had promising future. His moth
er had died before he left home and in
1873 his father died. Henry received one
third of the stocks and bonds of his
fathers estate, amounting to 800. 900.
| and all the family silver plate The lat
ter was valued at $4,000 He sold ii 10
his brother. Samuel
On coming into this money Henry
abandoned his profession ana again took
q int Of iafu
| One of these lasted for sixty-five days,
| so he records in the dairy of his life In
| that same diary he declares that since
| reaching manhood he has passed nine
years one month and eighteen days of
| sobriety. He also records that eight
years of life for him have been cut off
| by intemperance.
As years passed he became more and
more eccentric. He roomed at eminently
respectable places. though not expensive
| ones, but he took his meals at cheap res
taurants and began to save his money
| He recorded III his diary that he would
| allow himself $50 month for living ex-
penses and s19 a month for liquor.
year ago he was told by DR. Pollard,
| of Toronto that he must take better care
of himself or his life would be shortened d
| The physician also advised change OF
air and scene. Then Allen began to talk
| u sunday
| evening two weeks ago Allen was alone
| in his boarding-house, No 165 Jeryis
| Street. Harvey Hassard a young medi-
cal student. in his second year at Trinity
Medical College. called at the house. and
| Allen entertained him for an hour or two
| He took a fancy to the young man. and
! finally proposed that Hassard accompany
| him to Ireland.
Hassard secured permission from his
| father, who is superintendent of the Re-
| formatory in Toronto. Allen bought
young Hassard a return trip ticket to
| Queenstown. Ireland, and a single trip
ticket himself The start was made from
Toronto last Monday.
Arrival in New York.
AT o'clock on Tuesday morning Henry
Allen and Harvey Hassard registered a,
the Hotel Bradford, on Eleventh Street
just west of Broadway. this city. They
were both tired with the journey and
went to their room and slept AT O'Clock
| that afternoon, Allen went out, say ing
he was going to get a shampoo at the
st. Denis barber shop. He never return
| ed.
The trip TO Ireland was to be made or
| the Majestic. She sailed last Wednesday
| AS Allen did not return, young Hassaro
| went to the dock and got the baggage OF
the steamer. Then he began search fol
his missing companion. Hassard was as
sisted by Willis B. Powell, a Western
business man, who is staying at the Brad
ford. They telegraphed to Toronto, bu
| got no assistance from there. They wen
TO the authorities and secured passes tC
all the hospitals, jails, morgue and Other
places where they thought Allen, dead oil
alive. might have been taken. They
searched hotels and lodging houses, anc
| tramped the streets and parks day anC
night. 1t was all in vain. The mans bag
| gage was searched in the hope that there
| might be some address in ii of friends IL
| New York None could be found, bu
the trunks were full of valuables.
| There was much money in American
bills, and thousands of dollars worth o
stocks and bonds There were also som'
big letters of credit on English bankers
The amount totaled nearly $4,000. Act
| ing on the advice of Powell, young Has
| sard placed these valuables in safe de
| posit box while he continued the search
for his companion. Allen had only $l.4
in his pockets when he disappeared.
Among Aliens papers at the hotel wer
| a large number of letters of Introduction
| They all spoke in the highest terms of tn
man. One of these was from John Shaw
mayor of Toronto. Among the paper
were also copies of farewell letters writ
ten before leaving Toronto.
A Woman i'm the Case.
| One was addressed to woman, an,
spoke of the great love that Allen had 70
her, and contained a promise that h
would return next summer to see her
The other was evidently addressed TO tn
pastor of a church. 1T read as follows:
Il have made arrangements to return
to my native country. ireland. and by tn
time you read these lines l shall hav
left Toronto. You will accept of tn
bills inclosed to assist the Agnes Stree
Church. and | wish to be kindly remem
bered to all connected with it, as / neve
worshiped with a congregation in m
life l liked so well. | inclose my por
trait, as 1 presume there are those VIII
know my appearance but not my name
If you wish to reply to this letter, ad
dress The Queens Hotel. Queenstown
County Cork, Ireland Yours YER
| faithfully, HENRY ALLEN.
'fP. S-If you think proper, remembe
me at the prayer meetings for l am We
unsaved.'
The search for Allen revealed the fac
that he had gone to a saloon near tn
hotel for a drink on Tuesday afternoon
He also bought flask of whisky. The
he started out, but returned in a few min
utes and told the bartender that he wa
lost. He could not remember where hi
hotel was not even the name.
He described it. and the bartender tol
him it must be the Bradford jus
around the corner. The man saw Allie
start out in the right direction.
| He sent a telegram from Toronto a
follows:
Got in terrible pecuniary difficulty. con
| sequence of which I soon reach Toronto
| but need SO badly. Be sure of promn