The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-10
QUEER CASE OF DIR. DEXTER.
TIDIEGS OF HIM ADD 40 THE
MYsTERY OF ms DTsIPPEdRfNCF.
Knight TempIar Charm lie Wore Picked
Up-Leads to the Discovery That He Left
New Haven Don't and Remained In
Town with Il. G. MnrphH-Both MIsalng.

Knight Tempiar Charm He Wore Picked
Up-LeRds to the Discovery That He Left
New Haven Don't and Remained In
Town with Il. e. Murphy-Both Missing.
In the disappearance OF the Rev. William
Hart Dexter. president OF the New York Naval
Academy at Nynck. who left his home there for
New York on Thursday OF last week. intending
to go to Springfield. the police here believe
that there is n mystery which information they
obtained yesterday only despencd instead OF
leading to solution. The New York police
were first asked to look for DIR. DeS-
ter on Wednesday evening. and q general
alarm was sent out for the missing man.
His disappearance up till Wednesday had been
kept secret by the members OF his family.
though they had become apprehensive for his
safety several days before when they learned
from relatives In Springfield that he had not
arrived there. They were alarmed at this be-
cause on Friday Mrs. Dexter received letter
from her husband written on Thursday at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel in which lie said that ho
was to start for Springfield that night and that
he would return in two or three days.
Capt. hcCluskey yesterday morning re-
ceivcd a letter from Mrs. Dexter informing
him Tint there had come to her through the
had been sent by T. i Negn.. the proprietor Of
q nautical instrument store Mt 40 Water
street. Tho CAPTAIN assigned Detective Cronin
TO the case In the hope TINT the Information
contained In the letter m ight furnish a clue to
he mys.ssryyi, Ctonin learned from Negus that
Woman i SmplSycd ! BY VIII" him. bal 6rPSsht
him the charm and a key ifor statcroom M, .
Sn Of a. NsE qSsa tpS TSs
key, at $40 O'Clock on the morning Of Noy, 3
on ,he sidewalk ~ front Of her home. Tho
plar. and on the back was Dr., Dexter name
aud the address Springfield. Mass, This was
order Ncgus said he at oncs sent Tx The charm
aud tag to that address. Tho Postmaster ut
Springfield, it appeared. Ind forwarded them
With thl; Indignation cro1In inquired a.
pRs 1%S SH SF Sn
&s1 mel Hart Th Sess h.. p Sssq Ht X. ns
been found a satch.l evidently belonging TO
Mr., Dexter. who must have visited hs room
turned over 10 the police and was found 70
contain night shirt. some ramrh cts dcscrih-
Ing Mr. ,I be S .chooI and large empty
From the fact that the key and charm were
found in a neghborhood Of rather uns9vory
reputation. the rolcs, were, first Of opinion
thnt DR.. Dexter might have been held up by
footpads md PERHAPS hnd met with foul play.
A. the f tbt snqs hstr h9"ey W, WIS
named f. c Murphy. Both men left there. this
two days after the boat had smiled on which
Or. Dexters room had been engaged,
While the discovery OF his being at the hotel
| on Friday rather precludes tho idea that he
might have met with harm ON the water front.
the police yesterday wer" trying to ind out
something about f. G. Murphy. tho man with
whom the missing clergyman registered
Nothing was known about him at the hotel.
and there all trace Of the two seemed to end
DIR. Dexter was for SIX years the L1stor oi a
Congregational church in Springfield. He
| ins n naval academy there but It IL said that
he has not made much o. a SUCCESS oi his
scheme. lie IL a graduate Of tho University Of
| Rochester and OF the Auburn Theological
| Seminary.
NYACK. y. Y. Nov. a.-While IN. opinion pre-
walls among many here that DR.. Dexter In alive
| and will IN time be found his wife Is emphatic
! in her belief that he has met with foul play
Prot. W II hannister Of NyacE;, VIII
Dexter. said this evening: "Dr Dexter
! could not hnve gone away because % 1nancia
! troubles, for know he has friends in severa
| ing 10 hack him up should he need II. He IL .
gentleman Of refinement. 81 perfectly sounc
| mind. AMI EEL sure that he could have NJ
! reason for wanting TO go away to stay. HI
have been received in thi. city OF the Rev
william Hart DeXtsr OF Nraek. Mr.. Dexter
9clpaintance; u srrlngfeld are inclined e
| will yet he heard from alive ana well Mr.
| DoNter's career for 4 decade has been one o
| disappointment While IN Thompsonvilie
burned and in this city hs made public con
| feasi0n nj \ PRAYER mesting of his crampeJ
finances. Friction made his rnstorate sttw'
HhSo 5 tx that " chnr.m's berih IN The arm,
| would be secured FOR him, but the pan Eel
| through and he embarked in the insurance
business. His last venture was the academ,