The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-25
Takes His Little Daughter and
Disappears.
HAD FAMILY TROUBLES
WIFE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE
HE Is.
Missing Man Was Formerly Chief
Engineer of Salt Lake & Ogden
Railroad, But Lately He Has
Been Practicing His Profession
Outside of Official Life.

Elmer A Vail, civil engineer and ex,
chief engineer of the Salt Lake & o.
den Railway company, has mysterious
" disappeared, taking with him his 6
year-Old daughter No one knows
where he has gone, or whether or not
he will come back. His wife weepingly
thinks he will return, but there are
doubts about 1t.
There has been trouble between Mr..
Vail and his wife, which is the cause Of
his leaving home. He didn't say when
ne would return, or if he would come
back, though Mrs. Vail tries TO make
herself believe that he viii show UP in
day or so. In the meantime she is on
the verge of Mysteries, and is unable to
discuss the matter in a reasonable way.
Mr.. Vail was for some years the chief
engineer of the little road which car
ries so many people to Lagoon during
the summer months. But when there
was nothing for an engineer TO do on
the road, his position was abolished,
and he went into business for himself
He has since had an Office at 161 Main
street, where he has attended to his
private practice, and he has done fair
ly well in his business, for he was &C
counted good engineer.
Unhappy Domestic Relations.
But Mr. Wallis domestic relations
have not been satisfactory to him. He
came to the conclusion last week that
he would leave, and he decided to take
his little girl with him. Mrs. Vail has
not seen him nor her little daughter
since Wednesday.
When she was seen at her home, 23S
| West Third North street, yesterday
Z
/ First she denied that her husband had
/ left home; then she declared. at the
prompting of her mother that it was
a joke, that her husband was in the
/ city, and he was having fun at her eX-
| pense. But there were tears in her
! eyes, and her voice trembled as she
said it. Her face was white and ashen,
/ and the pain she was suffering has even
| driven the color from her lips. vIaer
mouth and her eyelids twitch from ner-
! vousness.
Il have never had any trouble with
my husband" said she, but not in a
very positive manner. 1T is not true
| that we had difficulty over a man
about two or three months ago L nave
! not paid any attention to man. II is
not true. 1t is the work of my enc
mics"
| But she was so wrought I'D that she
| could not tell a connected SlOfy o. ~SI
! husbands leaving home. Her mother.
! who was even more excited. persisted
| that Mr. Vail was playing a practical
! joke, though she did not say It as II
| she meant It. From the serious man
/ ner and the Mysteries of the two women
! the matter seemed TO be anything but a
/ Joke.
Had Right to Go.
/ "He had right to take his cSild,'
! said the mother.
He did not" said Mrs. Vail. He had
/ no right unless / gave my consent,
/ and she began to cry.
/ There were none Of Mr.. Wallis friends
f, who could tell what has become Of him.
| It is possible that he has not LETT the
/ city. and that he has his little girl Sc
! Guided. His wife said that she was mo-
| prepared TO begin any legal proceed
I ings yet, for she was awaiting develop
/ nnents. She had consulted legal friend
/ and he advised a delay Of a few days
Then il was possible she might seek tC
| recover the child with the aid o. tAe
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