The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-11
ONE MAN Is MISSING
ARTHUR SCHRADER, A SAILOR, DIS
APPEARS VERY MYSTERIOUSLY.
Is THOUGHT TO HAVE DROWNED
He Was the Engineer on the Steam Barge
Robert C. wente and Was Last Seen on
Last Friday Evening-Life Savers
Can Find no Trace of Him.

When the steam barge Robert G,
Wente cleared port from the local har-
Dor Saturday evening she left the port
without one of the men who was with
her when she pulled into the harbor on
the previous evening and the fate OF
Arthur Schrader, who was one of the
assistant engineers on the barge, must
be solved by the work of the local
police or by the men at the Life Saving
station. From all reports young
Schrader disappeared from the vessel
on last Friday evening and all attempts
to fiDd any trace of him since that time
have thus far been unrewarded.
The story connected with the disap
pearance of the sailor is a most mys-
tericus one and it will probably prove a
hard question for the solution of the
local police force. The barge came
into the harbor on Friday evening
under the control of Capt. Stuffelbean.
Shortly after the boat arrived, accord
ing to the story of the Captain, the
engineer left the vessel and since that
time he has not been seen. Others of
the crew state that they saw the fellow
return to the boat later in the evening
and that he retired at once to his
room. When he did not appear for
dinner on Saturday a search for him
was begun and when the men on the
vessel were not able to find any trace Of
him the matter was referred to the city
police, but as yet they have not been
able to discover his whereabouts.
The bed in which Schrader slept had
not been used on Friday evening and
all the clothing of the young man as
we'll as some money and other valua
bles were found intact in his apartment
on the barge. AS soon as these facts
were discovered the Captain seemed
satihed that the man had been drowned
and the Life Saving crew were at once
asked to drag the harbor in hopes of
finding some way to solve the mystery
of the disappearance of the engineer.
The men were out at work for several
hours, but they were able 20 accom-
plish nothing and the barge cleared
without finding any trace Of the missing
man.
According to the story of Captain
Stuffelbean, Schrader was one of the
best men in his employ and he was
considerably affected when he was
forced to leave the harbor without him.
Schrader was about "a years OF age
and has been working on the Wente
for three seasons. He was regarded as
very steady man and had never been
known to use intoxicating liquor. The
Captain says that the only solution for
the disappearance Of Schrader is that
he has either met with foul play or
that he was drowned while attempting
to return to the vessel on Friday even
ing. The Captain speaks in the high
est terms OF the young fellow. He said
that he had lived in Manistee, Mich,
and had entered his employ as a deck
hand. Later he bad been advanced to
the rank of fireman and during the
past winter be had studied to be a
marine engineer.
Descriptions of the missing man
have been sent to the surrounding
towns and if he is still in the land of
the living the officials expect to find
him in short time.