The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03
QUEER DISAPPEARANcEs.
Prominent Persons Who Have Mys.
 teriously Dropped From Sight.

From the New York Tribune.
 'The most remarkable instance of dis appearance ever known" were the words used by a detective few days ago when speaking of case he was employed up- on. It was not a haphazard expression. nor was it original, for 1t has been used of many in the list of those who have mysteriously disappeared. A report of the commissioner of police of London recent ly noted that 174 men and women of that city had sunk out of sight of their friends in the year. Many persons dis appear every year in New York city One or the most remarkable cases of disap- pearance was that of Lieutenant Edward w. Remey of the navy, a brother of Juuse Advocate General Wm. B. Remey and Rear Admiral George c. Remey. The last seen of him was when he walked down the gangplank of the steamship Roanoke in New York city on February +, 1SS7 Every effort was made to find him. but no trace was discovered. Had he been a man of irregular habits there might have been some suspicion as to the cause of his disappearance, but he was sober, straightforward officer, and no officer had better record, stood high CT in the profession or was more greatly esteemed.
 Another naval officer who disappeared few years ago was ex-Passed Assistant Engineer Richard H. Buel, an officer who had served In the civil war with distinc- ton. He started for Boston on Decem- Der 20,1SS9, after which no trace of him could be discovered. His father was the Rev. Samuel Buel at one time dean of the General Theological seminary of New York.
 There are many who will recall stilI. man 5. Conant, one of the editors of Harper's Weekly, who started from his sanctum for his home in Brooklyn on Jan uary 16 1885, and though search was made for him in various parts of the United States and Europe where he was reported to have been seen, nothing about him has ever been learned.
 Thomas w. Fishers disappearance more than ten years ago attracted great deal of interest He was a real estate broker in Washington, and, as was his usual custom, he one evening went to Baltimore to visit the young woman to whom he was engaged. The couple became in- volved in a dispute over a trivial mat ter, and he young woman declared their engagement off, MT Fisher left the house and, after wandering about the streets | for some time, left Baltimore for New 1 York He at once wrote to his former | fiancee, apologized for his rude conduct 1 and begged her forgiveness, but she was bent upon punishing him and did not reply to his letter. Fisher then left New York and went to Albany, from which place
 he wrote again to the young woman say. ing that he would not burden her again l with his petitions and that he intended to commit suicide. The young woman then replied to his letter and asked his forgiveness, but the letter was returned | with the stamp upon 1t, Not found" anc l nothing has been heard from the young I man since that day.
 Among other mysterious disappear ances' are those of Dr. Richard c. Brandeis, William J. Phillips, a member | of the produce exchange; Alexander F. l Oakley, a frequent contributor to liar per's Weekly and Harper's Magazine, and William M. Rapalje, a well known artist and architect of Syracuse, N. Y.