The evening world., 1903-06-25
Friends and Relatives Of Man
! Who Disappeared Ten Weeks
/ Ago Have Searched the CONT
nent for Him in Vain.
BELIEVE HIM TO BE ALIVE.
No Reason for Flight, SO They Think
= de Wandered Away While De-
ar ID from overwork, a Victim
Of Lost Memory.

Despite the efforts OF the police Of
various cities, private detectives, tho
world OF clairvoyants and the deter
mined search by relatives. the fate OF
Charles T. Blaisdell. cashier for Curtis
& Blaisdell, coal dealers. at No. 120
Liberty street. IS as much OF a mvs-
terry as on the night of his disappear
ance. April 7.
Clues without number have been fol-
lowed all over the United States and
into Mexico and Canada. without avail.
Theories have been advanced and fol-
lowed to their logical conclusions, yet
Bla.sdell is still hidden rom view. as
completely as though the ground at
Lexington avenue and East Fifty-fourth
street had opened. swallowed him and
then closed again.
E. Z. Reu. who was BlaisdelIs room
mate for six years at No. III East
Fifty-seventh street, first held to the
idea that Blaisdel had been lured to
the coal docks at the foot of East Fifty
sixth street. where nc was cashier.
murdered 70. the $1,000 worth OF dia-
monds which he wore and his body
thrown into the river. But no traces
of the body were discovered. and now
Mr.. Reu believes his friend Is alive and
will some day return. All of the miss
Ing mans clothes, over forty suits, his
diamonds, about $1,000 worth, and his
personal. effects are still preserved at
Mrs. Wellman's, where ne roomed.
awaiting his temperance.
believe He Has Wandered on.
'.As Blaisdell was a man OF most ex-
cellent habits, neither smoking, drink
ing, gaming nor in love; a young man
with the brightest Of prospects. whose
nrancial matters were in the best possI-
BILE condition." said Mr.. Reu, I'VE are
ccrpelled to fall back on the theory
that overwork temporarily unhinged his
brain, causing a lapse of memory, and
thc. while in this condition Mr.. Blais-
dell has wandered away.
James T. Abel, manager of the coal
docks where the missing man was en-
ployed. now holds a similar theory, al
though at first he feared that Blaisdell
had been murdered.
THE firm and family have spared no
expense in following clues which might
reveal the fate of Mr.. Blaisdell," said
Manager Abel. "It Is only last week
. thot we thought he had been located at
Duluth, MINI, but investigation shove
our error. False leads. information, the
sayings OF clairvoyants, letters, every
thing tending toward a salution OF the
disappearance. have been followed with
out success. The mystery regarding the
fate OF Mr.. Blalsdell still deepens as
time goes on.
Accounts Straight to n Cent.
''1t was suggested that the accounts
OF Blalsdell might give a reason for his
disappearance. These were examined
and, we are happy to say. were found
correct to a cent.
"Mr. Blaisdell was greatly worried
during the coal strike. and worked hard
and late to see our customers were
supplied. This may have proved ,oo
great a strain and when the relaxation
, came it is possible the shock was toe
much for him
"Charles T. Blaisdell placed a young
woman on a car at Lexington avenue
and East Fifty-sixth street on the night
OF April at 1890 o'clock. That is the
last we know of his movements. The
search is being prosecuted and will be
SO long as there is any hope OF finding
him"