The evening world., 1903-11-23
sndssof Missing cIubman Say
Fhey Are Forced to the Con-
S6Iuslon that He4s Being-HeId
a. Captive.
FOUND AT
, I GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT.
l1qy stery Is Added to the Case
by the. Statement of Railroad
WEmplcyees that He Alighted
from Train at Rutland, VT.

pneTdnding to-day of the-baggage of,
FG,Ssh BAXTER Kingsley, the missing
q ahman. IN the baegage-room Of the,
'0eand~Centraf Depot, and the failure of
Mnsntmysof detectives tofocatesthesmiss-
t0g man or gain a single clue to his
wnareabouts, led to the statement be-
tfng made to-day by Mr.. Alexander T.
Mason, tho attorney who rs assisting in
Etho search, that Mr.. Kingsley was either
hbeins held captive by kidnappers or
ease % wandering about the country
oemporardly liberated.
I 90 not believe this last can be the
loaSe" said Mr.. Mason. I'VE have
Nnearched every hospital and town to
which he could have gone when he
lstarted for Rutland, VT, on the night OF
Q II. ke have not found him or any
trace Of him. and there is only one con.
cipsion to draw. 1 do not believe Mr..
Kingsley has disappeared Intentionally
asjhas bean suggested. 1t has been said
that the baggage was placed in the
Grand Central Station before his disap-
pearance. The reason it has not been
found before was that there are such
fSSS Va beboooo VI LIZ SldllOl lldl lHt
suit case and hand satchel were prob
ably lost"
Mystery Growing Darker.
More mystery is added to the finding
OF the baggage by a statement from a
conductor on the Grand Central train
that went to Rutland on the night OF
Mr.. Klngsley's disappearance.
" certainly saw Mr. Kingsley he
told the detectives who are searching
for Mr.. Kingsley. He was on my train
and got off at Rutland. He carried a
suit case n a hand satchel. 1 saw
tffc purcer help him off at the Rutland
station"
The conductors statement is borne
out by a Burlington Wt.) man, who de-
clared that he too had seen Mr.. Kings
ley on the train.
II haven't been able to learn the
name of the man yet" Mr.. Mason said.
The story seems passing strange"
( this was Mr.. Kingsley on the train
thh detectives are asking where the bag
gage came from that was found in the
Grand Central station and which to-day
was identified as Mr. KIngsley's. There
is 30 record kept of the time baggage is
that the baggage was left there after
Mr.. KlnGsley's disappearance.
Carried Only n Hand Sntchcl.
When he left the home of his cousin,
Nj. Hugh Baxter, of No. 5SS Fifth ave
nue., on the afternoon OF his disappear
ance, he carried only the hand satchel
and the suit case which have since been
identified as his. If he carried the same
luggage when he alighted from the train
at Rutland, then he must have pur-
chased others after checking those at
the Grand. Central station.
II he is being held captive the detec-
tives argue that the luggage could have
been returned there and checked for the
purpose OF throwing pursuers OFF their
The reward of $500 offered by Mr..
Baxter for, information that will lead to
the whereabouts of Mr.. Kingsley brought
. large number of ~lettors to Mr.. Mason
nfhcant. While they we're being opened
MI. kingsley's younger brother was in
Mr.. Mason's office. He is dlligent in his
search for his brother and said to-day
that he shared Mr.. Mason's belief hat
Kingsley was being held captive,
Believes His Brother Kidnapped.
~ do not think hat my brother would
Intentionally disappear" he said. True
Igecently Q him a book about a man
WHO lost Ibis Identity n concealed him
was interested in 1t. My brother would
mot have the adroitness to disappear in
tHts way; even We're he 50 inclined. 1t
train. and that he is now confined In
some sanitarium unable to make known
hts name or address. This. however,
would seem like grasping at straws.
These s~anitariums all know Of my
brothers disappearance, and would GER
tainly. communicate with us were he in
any of them"
Mo one who knew Mr.. Kingsley be-
lieyes that he committed suicide.
The Pinkertons and Mooney & Boland
their opinion that II Mr., Kingsley was
kidnapped and is being held captive
he was taken after he left the train at
Rutland.
tue man who checked the baggage at
toe Grand Central Station failed. Thou
sands of persons check baggage every
oNlld not aid tho detectives by furnish