Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
Mrs. Sylvester Claybaugh, 5l4
North First Avenue, Wor-
ried Over Disappearance
THOROUGH SEARCH INSTITUTED
Employe Of Flower Meat Market, Seen
Friday Forenoon, While On His
Route, Turns Wagon Over to Boy
and Fails to Return-Wife Thinks
He Has Been "Doped."

The whereabouts of Sylvester Clay
baugh, an employee Of w F. Flower, are
very much desired by Mrs. Claybaugh,
who lives at 514 North First avenue,
with her family of four children. Clay
baugh has not returned home since re
left Friday morning to go to work, and
the last seen or heard Of him, as fa.
as can be learned, was when he turned
over the horse and wagon of his en-
ployer to a boy and asked him to take
it to the market. Attic Mr.. Flower
has made every effort to locate Clay
baugh, and the young mans relatives
put in the night and today looking for
ed as to where he could have gone.
Claybaugh has been in the employ of
Mr.. Flower for about a year, and has
been u hard working young man. He
was steady in his work, and had a
regular meat route, which he traversed
every day. Friday morning he started
out as usual, and had a large supply of
meat on hand. AT about II o'clock ac
cording to the story of John Weidner
a lad who has worked for MIR. Flower
but who quit work about week ago.
in front of the Borchardt saloon, on
South Third avenue, just south of Linn
creek, Claybaugh approached Weld
ner and asked him to take the horse
and wagon back to the market Weld
ner did as he was directed, and inform-
49, L.
knew of it.
While Mr.. Flower thought the mat
ter very strange and not at all like
Claybaugh, he thought that he would
wait awhile before informing Mrs.
Claybaugh, thinking that perhaps
Claybaugh would show up after din-
ner. At l o'clock, when he had not
appeared, he made known to Mrs
Claybaugh the facts, that she might
secure assistance of her husbands rel
atives and institute a search.
Thinks He Was Dragged.
Mrs. Claybaugh informed her hEs-
bands father and brother of the oc-
currence, and all Friday afternoon and
night search was conducted. This
morning the police were notified. Clay
baugh was last seen in company with
a married woman living on the south
side, at the Borchardt saloon. AS he
had some money on his person Mr..
Flower is of the opinion. as well AS
Mrs. Claybaugh, that he was given
drugged liquor of some kind. Clay
baugh must have had in his possession
between Sill and $12 Of firm money, as
he was given $6.25 in change when he
started out Friday morning, and from
the amount of meat returned In the
wagon must have sold about IS worth.
Mr. Flower says that Claybaugh has
always been honest, and has been
trusted with a great deal Of his money.
He does not consider that the man in
tentionally kept the money, but rath-
err that he was given liquor OF some
kind, and possibly robbed and when
he came to his senses, was so humiliat-
ed that he has not yet made up his
mind to face his wife and employer.
Mrs. Claybaugh says she has never
known her husband to drink, and that
their home life has been very happy.
AS to Claybaugh's honesty, Mr.. Flow
err cites incidents during the past few
days to substantiate the theory that
he did not Intentionally commit
wrong, in not accounting for the money
he had on his person. Claybaugh, he
says, has been handling between 500
and 1925 of firm money every day. and
on the 10Th banked an unusually large
amount. A visit to the bank, where the
book was left to be written up for
balance on the first of the month,
shows that every penny was accounted
for when the deposit was made.
Mrs. Claybaugh ia heartbroken over
the fact of her husbands strange dis
and Is very much worried
for fear that harm may have come to
him.