The times., 1901-06-18
TWO PERSONS MISSING.
The Police Asked to Search for an
EnEipeer and Young Boy.


a wife and daughter await tidings of
William e. Dougherty, husband and IA
ther. whose disappearance from his home.
1912 Seventh Street southwest, is yet un-
explained. a week has passed since
Dougherty went away without previous
warning, and apparently without cause
No end of quiet enquiry has been made
by friends and now the police have been
listed in the search for the missing man.
On the morning of the 10th inst. Dough-
erty left home about o'clock for his
place of business, the National Union
Building, 9ls f Street northwest. He is
employed there as engineer and has held
the position three years or more. During
the forenoon he returned home, remained
a few minutes. and started out again
Nothing was thought of all this, nor was
worry occasioned Mrs. Dougherty when
her husband did not return home that
evening at the usual hour. The night
passed, the next day, and other
days, and friends began a search for the
engineer, whose habits had been so reg
ular that fear of accident or foul play
predominated in the theory of his disap-
pearance.
Enquiries were extended beyond the
city; letters were written to a brother OF
DbAbiitINJ III 4NGW lOA NJ eA4Ab " A4A1 o.
ter. Mrs. f. r. Padgett, who resides in
Alexandria. asking for tidings of him. But
nothing came of 1t all.
Yesterday Mrs. Dougherty became very
anxious. She consulted friends and later
called at headquarters and had talk
with Inspector Boardman. She told the
Inspector that her husband was steady
had a good place, a comfortable home
and that no reason existed why he should
have suddenly left It. She gave q de-
scription of her husband and asked that
the police do everything possible to fnd
him. Steps were taken last nlght 10 TINS
end, the description Of Dougherty being
sent out to all the police stations and to
nearby cities
was seen by a reporter for The Times.
She said she had been married fifteen
years. Her husband, she said, had never
before been away from home as In the
present instance. He was born and reared
in this city, in the Southeast section, ana
is well known.
Il visited the National Union Building
and saw Mr.. Larner, by whom my hus-
band is employed" Mrs. Dougherty said,
but he knew nothing of the disappear
ance. l was told that Mr.. Dougherty
was at work for a short time Monday
morning week ago. He did not return
after he left the building. l do not know
what to think My husband drank but
little. and unless he has met with an
accident or possible foul play the matter
is an enigma to me-
AS described to t1e police. Dougherty
is thirty-siX years of age, and weighs
200 pounds. He is feet 9 inches tan,
has dark hair and mustache, and when
last seen wore blue suit and straw nat
Another mystery to be solved is the dis
appearance of Wallace Hunt, thirteen
years of age. from the home of his
parents, 312 Sixth Street southeast. The
lad went away on the afternoon of June
13 and friends have since searched for
him in vain. Nobody seems to know the
cause of his departure, and the police
were asked yesterday to look out for him.
His description was sent out from head
quarters last night
Mrs. Hunt said at her home last night
that her son had been employed at
store on Ninth Street northwest for some
time. He started for the store on the
morning he disappeared and did not
again return home. After while she
Decau.. very much worried It was sug
gested by somebody that possibly the
boy had been kidnapped; by others that
he had met with an accident, and friends
searched without result for two or
three days. Then the police were noti-
fed. other boys who knew young Hunt
have been asked to keep a lookout for
him. while relatives of the family in
nearby cities will be notified of his dis
appearance
Altogether the police scout the theory
that the boy has been kidnapped. Moth
ing tending to give color to this sugges-
tfon has arisen. nor is it really believed
the lad has left the city. II has been n
year since he attended the public schools
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