The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-25
A. M. DAVIS wASNoT THERE
so TMB AEAsKA TRIP OF NINErBEN
ROUEG HEN n OH.

Ne TIdipss er the Eorrser Railway Clerk VINE
Disnppearea frsua mis- Hens In Haohensaok
en- Jan. lS-Businsss Acauatntsuoes Tell
er Some Cheeks They Cashod fer Mim.
Nineteen young men, bearing evidence Of
rural simplicity, lined up In the Pennsylvania
Railroad station at Jersey City at 3:A5 yester-
day afternoon. Their appearance was not I'M
like that Of q squad of recruits bound for q
frontier post Of the regular army. They were
looking for A. NJ. Davis Of Hackensack, N. }.
For n fortnight that town has been in o state
of feverish excitement over Davis's announced
determination to take half o dozen Of
Its bright young mon with him to st.
Michael. Alaska, where. no said, he
was to establish headquarters for tho
North Pacific Trading and transportation Com
pany. backed by Murphy. Grant & Co.. q arm of
millionairos. Davis had blank contracts in the
name OF the trading company bearing the printed
names of J. NJ. Murphy, President, and n. II.
Northrup, general manager. both of San Fran
cisco. and himself as manager at st. Michael.
When it became known in Hackensack that
Davis wanted q number Of clerks to accompany
him at 81. 900 q year, with board and medical
attendance and expenses paid from Now York
and return, he was besieged with applicants for
tho places. which wero soon fllod, and scores Of
disappointed ones bemoaned their hard luck in
bCluH LOO lhbo. ~ "ub - P6lb u II Sou
ditions that each person signing should
abstain from the excessive use OF intoxicating
drinks and pay to tho company's representative
$3.50 as a guarantee to fulfill the conditions.
According to tho statements Of d. +. Smith.
Harry 0'Neill, A. J. Van Saun. Albert Bell.
John 3. Lozior. William Bonner, and Harry
Jackson. they each gave up. $75. Manager
n pads ttaIn,din that III they we're srs to paw paY tho other
S75 each in monthly instaliments from their
salaries. Herbert Engel said that he paid moth
which account each Of the others had spent
nearly an equal sum.
day of last week, having told the young men
that he would meet them at the West Shore
anS ii 1 IN t nSIsy a sspeMe sIr supp Sn s1 Hs seSt n Mrsi
DAVIS to his fathers. at Port Jefferson;
despatch from her husband. dated Baltimore,
telling her to remain at Port Jefferson until he
turned to Hackensack and has since endeav-
ored to find her husband. She stated yesterday
Michael be did not purpose taxing her and their
two children, but later he changed his mind.
saying they should accompany him.
Tho Hackensack young men who were to act
as trading clerks, as well as many others famil.
lar with Davis, were positive that he would
ened By Ed Kinzell Of Paterson. who gave up a
good Job with the Pennsylvania Railroad to be-
S %%g al sn t sseenIs%s to 4 Aass Gens Kan on t sSnda Ha 10
assure the doubters that Davis was sure TO be
on hand at the hour OF starting, All T. NJ. yes.
with confidence thus braced up the Hacken.
sack young men, the Paterson young men. and
crate outfits, waiting for Manager Davis.
stocked with coIorod bones and picture cards.
to relieve the tedium of life on the boat and in
A few minutes before train time a man bear.
ing q large floral horseshoe came In. The horse
shoe was a token for Mr.. Davis from his friends
in tho Southern Pacific Railroad office at $40
Broad way, where Davis had been employed for
fifteen years.
under contract. was John Ryan OF the Washing.
ton, Mansion House, Hackensnck., who said he
Ike f to have q It HnG redc .r DR. T Rax,' R Rna Sea'a
lawyer from Hackensack. was also there
looking for Mr.. Davis. In addition to these
less Interested in Mr.. Davis. After a painful
suspense. following the departure of the All
pearance of thoir leader. Mr.. Ryan explained his
snspiGion about the check business. Il was said
California cashed by different parties for sums
ranging from $50 to $3.50. Manager Hawley Of
the New York office Of the Southern Pseiao
years, said yesterday that Davis had no. been
there since Jan. 10. when the cashier accommo.
dated him by cashing two checks OF $3.50 each
turned unpaid. he said. Louis Duesing of
II. Morton Of hackensaek and &. F.. Wildly
were among others said to have cnshed checks
for MIR. Davis prior to the 18th. Some OF these
checks were not deposited. They are all said to
have been drawn in favor of A. NJ. Davis and
signed by tho North Pacific Trading and Trans
portation Company. n. H. Northrup, General
Manager. The $4,000 check which Davis dis
played appears not to have been cashed. al
though a friend promised to identify him at q
city bank 80 that he could get the money.
Mrs. Davis. who is in destitute circumstances,
that her husband would return. But when he
failed to appear ut tho time appointed for start
ing she broke down. and last night was In q con-
dition of nervous collapse. She has two chill.
drcn, the Oldest aged 10.
John Ryan stated yesterday that no had been
informed by a friend that when Davis was last
seen he wore n now suit Of clothes and q SLOUGH