The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-11
KEEPING THE POLICE BUSY
The Detectives Looking for -Four
Missing People.
Thomas Fortur, John Riley. w. w.
Mabury, and Joseph kcIIiher Have
Strangely Disappeared - Friends
and Relatives Greatly Worried.

Thomas C. Fortur forty-ive years of
age. came here to see the Inauguration
and is now reported missing. An anxious
wife and family await tidings of him at
Wilmerding, Pa. while relatives in this
city have set about an enquiry into his
disappearance He is somewhat lame.
Last Tuesday afternoon, he parted with
his cousin, Miss L. S. Mason, at the cor
ner of Twelfth and F Streets northwest,
and word yesterday from his family asks
for news of his whereabouts.
The story told last night by Miss Mason,
who resides at 932 New York Avenue
northwest, is that Fortur called upon her
Tuesday morning Fortur said he had
come from his home at Wilmerding to
witness the Inaguration and spent sever
al hours with his cousin. He explained
his lameness by saying that he had met
with a severe fall two years ago, while
at work in the railroad yards at Pitts
burg, Pa. After talking some time, For
tur said he wanted dinner. and Miss
Mason agreed to accompany him part of
the way downtown. On the way. Fortur
explained that he should soon leave the
city. but must first visit a friend at a
local hotel Near + Street Miss Mason
parted with her cousin, with the under
fore leaving the city. She returned to
her home, while he continued downtown.
When Fortur failed to again call upon
her. Miss Mason supposed he had taken
a train Unexpectedly for home She gave
the matter no further thought until Sat
urday night, when she received a letter
from Mrs Fortur. wife of her cousin.
saying that her husband had not returned
home. and asking for news of him. Miss
Mason became alarmed, and yesterday
she called at headquarters and saw In
spector Boardman To him she showed
the letter from Mrs. FoItur. and gave a
description of the missing man. A de-
scription of Fortur has been sent to the
various police precincts in the city.
At her home last night Miss Mason told
a reporter that she had no word from her
cousin since leaving him Tuesday last.
She was worried about him, she said, and
had written his wife concerning the in
Hestigatfon now in progress. Miss Mason
said Washington had been her home a
number Of years. She is a descendant Of
the famous George Mason of Revolution
ary days, me original owner of Gunston
Han. an old estate near occoquan, Va.
joan Riley, aged siXty-four years. whose
wife lives at 1uS / Street northwest. is also
reported missing, and efforts are being
made TO fnd him. he disappeared on the
says her husband was once an inmate of
the Soldiers Home, at Hampton. Va. and
later at the Soldiers Home in this city
She fears he may have been injured or
become i'll. Moreover, it is said a pension
is soon due Riley. He is "A veteran of the
civil war. and has lived a number Of years
in this city.
The disappearance of W. w Mabury.
sixty years old. is giving the police no
end Of trouble. He left his boarding house.
800 New York Avenue northwest. the day
following the Inauguration pageant. and
friends have started an Investigation TO
find him. Whether he has met with an
accident. fallen into the river or the James
Creek Canal, or possibly been nur-
dered, is a mystery which remains TO
be solved. Mabury is five feet eight inches
tall. of medium build and handsome ap-
pearance.
Joseph Kelliher aged fifteen years. has
left home, and his parents do not know
what has become of him. Kelliher resides
at 45l Maryland Avenue southwest and
shortly after the great paradeh he disappear
ed. and since then his family has heard
nothing Of him. The police are looking
for him. and have sent his description to
various cities. because of request made
yesterday by his father