The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-16
ROUTESPLANNED
Fully 1000 Bicyclists Will Be In Line This
Morning--Mrs. Barton Agrees With
the Idea...Clues Run To Earth
Yesterday---The Mys-
terry Deepens.

men will be in line and they arerecefv-
ing favorable comment on all sides for
the courteous manner in which they
have extended their aid in the matter.
Nothing in the line of a new clue as
to the whereabouts of the missing man
developed yesterday and several which
came to light the day before were run
to ground. The man seen by Johnnie
Case and Grover Curtin, two young
sters, who were on their way to Silver
Springs Thursday to pick huckleberries,
proved yesterday not to be Mr.. Barton,
but man named Asa Montgomery of
10 Charlton street.
Miss Edith Barton, daughter of Will
liam S. Barton, spent the greater part
of the day riding about the city in
search of some information regarding
her father, and toward the end of the
afternoon found that not one Of the
clues which have been brought to light
during the past few days developed in
to anything that would tend to locate
her father.
She also talked with Michael w.
Handlin, transfer mail clerk at the union
station, who saw Mr.. Barton at the
union station one night this week, and
had an idea that it might have been
| the evening he left his home, but now
thinks that it was Monday evening that
| llC was SSSh dL the SldLlOn, ana not
Tuesday evening Osgood Bradley of
| the Bradley car works saw Mr. Barton
Tuesday evening, but not at the union
station, as was reported. He saw him
in the post office. Miss Barton Is dis
playing great grit in the search for her
father, and to date has run down prac-
tically everything in the line of clue
that has come to light in the city.
Yesterday afternoon Herbert Fiske,
Mr.. Barton's sons partner, and Robert
simmons, local newspaper man, spent
the day at Elm park dragging the pond,
but did not succeed in getting any
trace. Some Of his friends were in
olined to think that the old man might
have been inclined to go to the pond,
where he was known to spend his lei
sure hours, but the search yesterday
revealed the fact that he was not in the
pond
Mr.. Barton's son does not believe that
his father committed suicide, but that
he walked out into the country some
where, and if ne felt tired he would
have laid down. He is an old man and
his vitality might have left him.
The eX-city treasurer did never care
to travel on the cars, as they tended to
distress him, and the idea OF his leav-
ing the city does not seem to be given
much consideration by his family.
A rumor which gained much ground
yesterday was one stating that Mr.
Barton had been seen going in the di-
rectton of the lake, but a Spy man
failed to find any one who would father
the statement.
Last night, william e. Barton, son
of the ex-treasurer, met his married
sister at the 1920 train from Boston and
at that hour had failed to hear any
thing about his father.
The family place much hope on the
result of the search by the wheelmen
today and hope that something tang
ible will be learned about the where
abouts of the missing man.
Blake Barton, Mr.. Barton's nephew.
spent yesterday in searching around
Rochdale, but failed to find a clue.