New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26
LOOMS MYSTERY DEEPER.
Unable to Find Any
Trace of the Missing Han

London. June 25.-The mystery which sur
rounds the disappearance of Kent ]. LOOMS Is
no nearer solution. Not solitary cew mas re-
suited from nearly a weeks widespread lnVesti-
CATION. Consul General Evans and the consuIs
are making all possible inquiries. but without
the faintest trace of the missing man Ine
statement Of Gustave Flarnm. of San Francisco.
8 passenger on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, that ne
saw Loomis at Plymouth is not corrooorated'
The American Consul at that port says the Board
of Trade figures. which presumably tally WITH
the number of passengers who LETT the steamer.
show that los persons landed. all OF whom gave
their names. These tally with the passenger
list. and Mr.. Loomis's name Is not among thein'
The agents OF the steamship line have been
searching Plymouth since the afternoon OF June
20. but man Of the name Of Loomis. or any
person answering his description. is at any hotel
in Plymouth. Inquiries made at the railroad
station at Plymouth regarding any Americans
departing have been equally futile. One Amer
lean who left there for London in the evening
OF June 81, the day after the Kaiser Wilhelm II
touched at Plymouth. and who It was thought
might have been Mr.. LOOMS. proved to be many
years older than the missing man
At the request OF Consul General Evans. the
hospitals at Plymouth are now being searched
Scotland Yard also has the affair in hand. and
the English papers. especially the local papers at
Plymouth continue to give prominence to the
Americans disappearance: II Mr.. Loomis Is
in England and in possession of his faculties
he could scarcely fail to know he Is being looked
for.
The authorities here unable to form even
a conJectural explanation OF Mr.. Loomiss dis
appearance. The theory that he fell overheard
finds no support as IT Is said that 1t would be
almost impossible for a small to fall over
the high deckrails. especially when the sea. is
particularly calm. as 1t was In this case The
bright moonlight also practically precluded such
an occurrence without attracting notice from the
hundreds OF passengers and the many officers
who thronged the liners decks when nearing
Plymouth. The suggestion that Mr.. Loonnis
may have Internationally disembarked at
plymouth is now regarded out OF the ques-
ton. From one OF Mr.. Loonnis's fellow passen-
gers II is learned that w. H. Ellis and Mr..
Loomis were constantly together and were
known intimate friends. Mr., Loomis did not
make many acqualntances Several well known
Americans who came to London by the boat
train say that they did not even know he was
board
The utter failure OF all efforts here and on the
Continent to discover any trace OF the missing
man excites much interest and no little apprs-
hension among the large class OF the public TAX
Ing transatlantic voyages or whose friends often
cross the Atlantic
The circumstances connecting Mr.. Loonis with
the Abyssinian treaty create especial interest
here. the sphere OF influence OF that country
is one OF the current questions especially en-
gaging the attention OF European diplomats and
is one OF the subjects on which confidential com
muncations are being exchanged between Great
Britain and Russia
Paris June 25.-Ths disappearance Of Mr.
LOOMS still remains q mystery here. The Of
hcials who are conducting the search for the
missing say there is no truth in the re-
port published by London newspaper 70 the
effect that Loomis here yesterday.
The announcement probably resulted from con-
fusing the names OF Loomis and ". II. Ellis.
The latter sailed from Marseilles this afternoon
for AbysSinla-