The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-02
Long search for Aontreal Man With
G0anlIe~~ Observation-Disclosures


skASwAS. April sS-Is IS sl,ogesher
Likely THAI ;as Ear away aariaean city
NIL aa1n he the scene % the y.onsiuessag
chapter IN one of the usass interesting
cas~es Of mysterious disappearance IA the
annals OF detective S0Fk. Tae story e
TIE dropping frosa the sight ST Ee.asivss
AID frisasls III Albert r. Lewis ~ Man-
treat and Tie nawearyAag hnt urse-
wSriod search Tor HIM throughout tina
known world. was a ainu Gays sensation
IN the papers laSs autumn.
II vii. ae remembered that Lewis was
very wealthy and prominent young
married man, moving in thu higher cir
cles 81 society ia the Canadian mesropo-
.iS- WAle IN the lNS$om Of hts family
ere evening a messenger caaN. from SOMA
OF ais friends Sammoaing him To a meet
ing Of his club. HE complained of not
feeling wei or caring 20 so oat ami his
VIE used her best en6savors To persuade
him IL remain al hcme. but thinking the
cal 70 ghe cub Was upon sanc matter
OF importance he decided to 80. Aecoro-
ingiy he left nagne. ard 50 tits day has
rot been seen by his family or friends.
No possible cause for the sudden siisst,,-
rearance coala re assigned as q vosun-
tary ana premesiitated act on the part ef
Lewis, and his continued absence aud
unknown Whereabouts became the seGlss,-
ton OF the hour Reluctantly II was add
niitSd by his family that he was believed
10 he suffering Frpm temporary dafange-
ruen;. The ease was placed Ia the hands
OF private detectives In Al the larger css-
les; photographs and a description of the
missing man wefe sen. broadcast. soGsth-
er with the announcement OF reward
fer information concerning him. Tho
photograph and description show him to
have been a handsome man of q years
81 age, tive feet ten inches in stature.
weighing i0 pounds, having dark eyes.
an olive comp.ex:on and Il black mus
tacAe.
No pains ar expense were spared In the
unremiitsug search prosecuted by his
Family. Countless false clues were run
down only 10 he found fruilless. Some
sime in the late winter oEe answering
perfectly Lewis description MAS soeaied
in Vancouver. Il. e. lie bore che name OF
Envalet, and was srave,iag with a party
OF young Enslishmen who We're bouad
for the klondlke. THIS information led
his friends 10 believe that he had started
from the British Columbia city for the
Northwestern gold fields.
Among those who have tclned in the
long-continued bur profitlsss> search 10
Mrs. a. Il. Snowden. OF Montreal. an
alnt OF the missing MAN. Mrs Snow
den followed this latest clue to vancou-
Yer, where all trace Of the mysterious
Unyaiet was again lost. Taking much
stock In the idea that Ire may have tifi-
dertaken the kIondike trip hewsyer. Mrs,
Saowden took passage for Alaska. ar
irving IN Skagway some two weeks since.
Here where thousands pass in over tho
trails as utter strangers. and w.tere ..ien-
titles are most certainly and quickly lost,
here inquiries We're even more unavaal-
ing, IL possible. than in the larger cites
below. She went 20 pyea and Sheep
Camp, followed 10 the horror on the
ChilkGot trail ne9r the latter place, max
ing personal examination Of the dead
bodies taken from under that awful avail
anche; but all Ia no avail
h.stopped by the, 10 her, all but fmpce.
sblity OF pursuing the trail into the In
terror, Mrs. Snowden had. with reluct-
ance. given up the chase - far az Alas
M IL concerned and was ia the act ce
taking passage on the PAX shan yester-
day for return TO Vancouver when she
was handed a telegram by the purser
which changed her plans.
The message WIS from one of the pri.
waite detectives engaged on the case In
New York and had been forwarded TO hzsP
here from Vancouver. IL advised her
that Lewis had been traced aboard one
of the steamers thas left New York some
time ago 10 round the Horn for Alaska.
and suggested that she remain IN this
vicinity pending the stessrner's arrival.
ThIs she decided TO do. and accordingly
she cancelled her order fer passage on
the PAX Shan and took quarters at the
81. James hotel. this city, where she now
Is.
When seen by n reporter Mrs. Snowden
said she would remain here till the res
ceipt OF more definite aslvices from New
York. when she would determine whether
it were better 10 await the steamers arr
rival here or endeavor 10 catch IL nj some
OF the coast ports below. Mrs. Snowden
believes that Lewis was In Vancouver 1t
the time that rnvaiei VS. reported there.
but says Ii Is now evident that he doubled
back on his track and topk passage from
New York. II the detectives AT the me-
tropoiis are not In errcr the long COST
Mr. Lewis Ia now on tho high seas and
VIII be Appreciated by his anxious rel
atives and friends upon the arrival OF the
steamer Within the next few weeks.