The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-16
BROKER PACE
is MISSING
Absence From Mining Exchange
Exciting Comment.
LEFT CITY LAST WEDNESDAY
SEVERAL PERSONS ANXIOUS
ABOUT FUNDS.
THERE is considerable anxiety o

THERE is considerable anxiety on
Brokers' Row over the unexplained
absence Of n. a. Page, the wei
known broker ana mining man. Since
last Wednesday he has been missing.
His family is also gone and up TO the
present time no trace Of him has been
found Two or three persons who nave
had business dealings with him claim
that he had several thousand dollars
Of their money, that has as yet not
been accounted for to them. They are
growing alarmed and are anxious to
find him that these business affairs
may be Strengthened out. Associates
Of Mr.. Page on Second South street are
a. a loss TO explain his absence. Some
Of them, however. believe that he has
simply gone away fo- a short time and
that he viii return and properly attend
10 all business matters
Inquiry in the nelghbOrhOOd where
Mr.. Page lived. at 162 South Eighth
East street. elected the fact that he
and his family left their home last
Wednesday. On that day 2 van drove
to the house and carried the furniture
away A ueighbOr asked Mrs. Page
what she was doing ard she replied
that they were just Strengthening
things around
Said They Were Going Away.
The little boy spoke up said the
neighbOr. and said they were going
away. Mrs. Page then told me that
they were leaving and that they pro-
posed TO go to Levan. Utah.
This was the first that any of the
neighbOrs knew that the family in
tended to leave Mr.. COulam, the owner
of the house where Page lived, stated
yesterday that Page paid him the rent
few days ago, but he did not know
they We're going to move until he hap
pened by and saw his furniture on a
van.
As soon as il became known on
Brokers Row that PAGE was missing
telephone message was sent to Park
City inquiring about him. The reply
was received that ne lad not been seen
there Inquiries have been made daily
I by the brokers. bU- no trace OF Page
has been secured 1t has been learned
that he sold a portion Of his furniture
to a secondhand dealer and shipped
the rest, but where to. is not known.
Yesterday some of those who claimed
TO have had dealings with Page Wera
at his former home trying TO get some
cIew as to where he had gone, hut
nothing could De Learned from tbs
neighbOrs
George Thornston Of Robinson stated
that he had given Page some stock iu
Lower Mammoth to be sold and the
amount about $4,000, had not been sc-
counted for to him. Ee was ia-5le ci-
yesterday looking for some inforn1a Cor
about Page. The latter had been high
! " recommended to him and he was al
a loss to explain his action.
No Stocks, No Money.
W. II. Aubeen. a broker of this city.
stated that he had placed about $1,0Q
in the bank to be used by Page for the
purchase of stock for him
7 have found" said he, that the
money is gone and Page can't be
found. I can get no trace OF any stocks
that have been purchased with the
money
It was also rumored yesterday that
there was a tangle in Pages accounts
with the National Bank OF the Repub-
lie. where he transacted his business,
It was stated that Page was indebted
to the bank, the sum being in tbs
neighbOrhOOd Of $1,000. President
] Frank Knox of the bank would MAXI
no statement about the matter at all,
/ He declared he knew nothing about
Page
( Yesterday Alveras Z. Snow brought
suit in the district court against Page
/ for $3.50 alleged to be due on q. mining
I transaction.
On the row it was stated yesterday
/ that all the deals left pending by Page,
{ so far as could be ascertained, were in
/ his favor and no one was in danger Of
4 losing any thing Those who have been
/ dealing with him say he has always
proved most trustworthy and honest,
} 1t is known that on other occasions
he had disappeared for several days at
a time and returned all right. Some
/ believe that this IS but another case
of that kind and he viii return and
! straighten everything in a few days