The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-27
MYSTERIOUS CASES.
Police Are Looking
For Two Missing
Men.
THEIR FRIENDS FEAR FOUL PLAY.
Louis Dillman is Affected
By His Wife's Death
No Trace of I.G. Ryan,
THEIR FRIENDS FEAR FOUL PLAY.

Disappearance are the rule now
adays and the police have two cases of
mystery on their hands at present.
One disappearance is that of Isaac
Chaplin Ryan, whose case resembles
that of exrCity Treasurer Bartons dis
appearance of some time ago.
The other case is one that was re-
ported to the police yesterday after
noon by friends of Louis Dillman, and
they tear that he has met with foul
play Or that he has made away with
himself.
He was employed in the ]. ]. Warren
Company's leather shop at Washing
ton square, and up to the past week has
been considered one of the steadiest
men in the factory. The death of his
wife recently is said to have unbal-
anced his mind and his friends fear
for his safety.
Others who are we'll acquainted with
the missing man scorn the idea of sui
eide, and say that If anything has hap
pened him it came through some other
aEeWy than by his own Hands. He is
known to have received some $3.50 in
insurance money after the death Of his
wife and, after paying the undertaker's
bill of $3.50, he mysteriously dis
appeared.
The last seen of the missing man was
Sunday afternoon, when he went to his
nome, at 1871 Clarkson street, He re-
manned about some time and then went
away. Shortly after he was gone dis
reputable-looking man called at the
house and asked for Dillman. AS there
was no one at the Dillman home, he
visited the home Of some Of the neigh
DORIS but they were unable to give him
any information regarding Mr.. Dill
Tnann's whereabouts
Dillman was neither seen nor heard
from since Sunday, and his former
boarding mistress, Mrs. Dempsey, of 70
gardner street, with whom he lived
previous to getting married, reported
ms disappearance to the police Mrs.
Dempsey was entrusted with the care
q DQlman's two-year-eld child after
the death Of his wife, the father
had the child out for a walk Sunday.
Ae was devoted father, and unless
sometning had happened him, Mrs.
Dempsey says, he would not remain
away from the child one day.
AT the shop where Dillman was en-
ployed, they speak only in the highest
terms of him. both regarding his abil-
tty II his line of business and sobietry.
H4'sFways remained at work and looked
attersa until he received the insurance
monsx and took to drinking. That, it
~ 1NAAAs fteSA3 latC pa1OCA Ol the QeaI1
Of his wife. who died a week ago sun
day, unbalanced his mind.
The police or the friends of the other
missing man, Isaac G. Ryan, who has
been away from his home since Sunday
have heard nothing from him. The loss
of property is said to have affected him
and he has had a lapse of memory for
two years. He is an old man with a
long gray beard, and looks to be "a
years of age, although he is but So.
Traces of him were reported in Holden,
NUT nothing definite has been learned
He has been living with his sister, Mrs
p. n. Goddard, at Fl Hawiey street. She
believes he has started for his old home
in New Hampshire, and fears he may
nave fallen from fatigue on the road
He had no money with him.
Dillman is described as being So years
of age, feet in height and weighs 16C
pounds. He is dark complexioned, with
spare face and inclined to be reserved