The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-27
FAST IS HEARD FROM.
Missing Newspaper Publisher Tele-
graphs From Horton.

Henry H. Fast. the German newspa-
per man who created sensation Dy
making a sudden disappearance after
advertising that ne was being followed
by mysterious enemies, has come to
life. Mr.. G. F. Kimball of North To-
peka, who befriended Fast and eStab-
lished him at his printing Office, 912
North Kansas avenue, received tele-
gram last night as follows: &c. F.
Kimball, Topeka. 1 am here. VIII
write. Notify friends. H. H. Fast.
Horton, Kan, 1912 p. M, July &c"
There seems to be something wrong
with Mr.. Fasts thinking apparatus.
He was subject to spells of violent re-
joicing over his good luck in securing
a good location for his German paper,
followed suddenly by disgust and mel
ancholia.
1t is now the opinoin of those who
investigated his case, that he wrote the
threatening letters to himself as a pre-
liminary to his disappearance. A re-
porter for the State Journal who
secured one of the threatening" let
ters, called the attention of Mr.. KIM
ball to the fact that it bore the water
mark of a lot of paper in the printing
Office, clover leaf. Mr.. Kimball could
not believe at the time that the man
had written the letters. and explained
the coincidence by saying that clover
leaf is a brand of paper used by nearly
all print shops. The appearance would
indicate that Mr.. Fast had carefully
fixed up evidence of foul play to leave
behind him. Last night Mr.. Kimball
found two letters written by Fast to
his brothers, John J. Fast of Jansen,
Neb., and another brother at HillSbOro,
Kan These letters were left unsealed,
evidently for the perusal of Mr.. Kim
ball, who will mail them to the broth
ers with a short explanation of his
own.
In his letter to ]. j. Fast. the miss
ing Mr.. Fast wrote, among twenty
pages of other news: starvation and
despair stare me in the face.H Starva-
ton was not looking very hard at Mr.
Fast. Mr.. Kimball was stalking him to
board and lodging and ADVANCING him
spending money, beside giving him the
use of a press and a lot of German
type for the publication Of the German
paper, the Topeka Post the prospectus
number of which was issued last week.
Mr.. KimbalI had also offered to assist
Fast in furnishing a house, which Fast
chose from the rentable residences of
the north side, during walk they
took SUNDAY afternoon. Fast was 60
ing to bring his wife to Topeka and
make his fortune out of his paper. He
had written to his brother in Hillsboro
for money to purchase pair of ink
rollers for the press used in printing
his paper. The money did not ma
terialize but with the help of Mr..
Kimball he secured the rollers, and
was in shape to proceed with his pub
LEGATION.
dSI IOIQ MI hiulDdHt SSNCAdA l1eaA u
luck stories. Among them was that
he had sold out his publishing bust
ness in Marion county and invested the
money in Montana sheep, losing the
entire sum. which was followed by a
| failure at publishing German paper
in Enid. Okla.
Fast is a good looking man of the
| long haired type, a thorough scholar
| in both German and English, and a
fluent talker. Perhaps he will return
fn TnndL9 aYn1aiY his n0cII1i3T con-
duct and secure the baggage he left at
his rooms.