The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-08-12
WHERE IS w. C. READ.

The following IS fom the Kansas City
Star Of July 20 IL about the disappear
ance OF W. @. Read, Of this city. men.
TONED In the DEMocRAr several days ago:
~ me mysterious disappearance OF w.
v. " heao 10 worrying the police. So far,
aitnough every avenue known TO that de-
peitment has been worked. Detectives
ana patrolmen are just as far from a so-
Iutlon OF the problem as when the old
man ieit MS chair in front OF the Ire.
mont mouse on West Fifth street and
stIoled away. That was twelve days
sgo' ana not hint OF his Whereabouts
can Dc found. To make the disappear.
snce aIi the more strange, Mr.. Read is 20
yes.s oid, man of absolutely temperate
MP nssDIIs, and as his neigh Dors express it,
MY nIty years Of married life have been
one long honeymoon"
90 lar as can be learned, Mr.. Read did
oct nave $40 in his pocket when he
. ma.ksa away. His son, Z. G. Read, a
I,AVeing man for swafford Brothers'
up.y goods company, is in the city from
L.eons' has., his home, doing every.
sning IN his power TO find his father, and
he nss about made up bis mind that he
Us peen ionily dealt with, or is wander
aooot IN dazed condition unable to give
tnose with whom he comes in contact an
IDEA as to bis identity.
on July 4th Mr.. Read, the senior.
passed through Kansas City on his way
10 breckenridge, Mo-, 10 eTend 3 few
Days With his brother and friends. The
old man had lived on q farm near Breck-
enridge Tor sixteen years, and vas we'll
known 10 everybody in the county. On
.he morning OF July Sth bis visit finished,
ne said goodbye to his relatives and
ir'ende and started TO return to his son q
home in Parsons. 4. @. Moorehouse, 8
neighbor, who lie in Kansas City assist.
ing In the search, Was At the train and
noticed particularly how ioyiaI and full
OF lille the old man was.
Arriving At Kansas City, Sir. Read
missed connections with the Kansas City
Fort Scott & Memphis train, so he went
TO the fremont house He spent tbs
day quietly reading the newspapers and
chatting with the day clerk, 4. A. Nag
man. de seemed as happy as usual .snS
told Mag nan OF his pleasant trip 81 hil
Old home. Supper time came and Ib'
clerk asked Mr. Read II he would tax
the nizi train for Parsons.
"S@. he replied, 'giTe me . room;
neeh lie rest"
"ben Magman went off watch he ief
'iss oil man sitting quietly in front Of th
roiel. The night clerk, John Reynolds
came on. but Gays he does not Teuem
ber seeing Mr.. Read at all. This vas =
6 80 o'clock July Stn. From that MON
ent all knowledge OF Mr.. Real ceased
No one Eaw him leave his chair in Iron
+ OF the hotel, nor can any one be toan'
who met him walking in that vicini,y
, Mr.. Read vas not missed until Eek
! morning, when i. IL found that bis be
Z had not been disturbed and bisstI-sII "a
lise was still 10 the hotel Office where b
had left il the day before. Even tie
the hotel employees were not dizt1roed
as il vas concluded that Mr.. Read sud
denly decided TO take the night tain T.
home and had Absentnindediy left hi
vaiise. A few dave passed and then
&c. Read was notified that hig father
luggage VAS still a. the hotel. Mr. Res
Immediately came 10 kAssAs City an
has since been employing every puS!
aad private means 10 end his father
''Is is . most extraordinary thing,
e said Mr.. Read TO-DAY. "Geueraliy nv
s teTious disappeATances eau be tFzsad
: intemperase habits. In this case il
e quite different. Father Was Absolgsel
= temperate. lie never drank anythtca
= and although IS yesrs Old his mind ~
: As clear ss q moa hall that age. He au
e my mosher Rave been living happily Ec
geGher for more than half . century.
e know ne has nos voluntarily abssaEs
: himself"
81 Chief Hayes saws that his inca ha'
q searched the sown oFeE Tor trace OF 81
e missing Mr.. Read.
"No. one clue can be foane. he sal
Il have never known . case where Il
old saying o: the earth swallowing Up
y pereon seems 20 be 50 thoroughly Appsi
. abie. All ne can learn IL that be Wss
= srnni OF the fremont house at S..
e O'Clock p N. July Sgh, and there y
stop. So far ne have 20. been able
6nd . scul who sAE him after that. Il
II family hiss this consolation. howeye
During the last moarh the dissppes
, ADcea have been more than usual. Al
nearly ali have returned OF their own q
cord, all telling practically the szu
.e sEory-tbat their memosy Vas b.a'
e while away"
d Another item in the came pAper sa,
4 that during the past week" i've perso
. haye uysierSousiy disappeAred from III
city.