Evening star., 1905-11-10
BELIEVED TO BE SUICIDE
TWO LETTERS FROM MAN WHO
DISAPPEARED WEDNESDAY.

Two letters received here this morning
brought announcements of the alleged sui
eide of Henry NJ. Allen, who was employed
as compositor in the third division Of the
government printing Office. and who disap-
peared from his home Wednesday. One OF
them was addressed to Mrs. Allen at her
home. 1875 Kentucky avenue southeast. and
the other was received by Leon 8. Cooper,
a neighbor of the Allen family. They were
written by Mr.. Allen and contained the IN
formation that his body would be found in
Willow Grove near Abingdon. Montgom-
cry county, Pa. The letters were mailed
at Abingdon yesterday. Allen was treas
urer of Symposium at the government
printing Office and carried fund of about
$500 Most of this amount, 1t is believed,
had been loaned to people employed In the
printing Office. 1t is said that Allen would
have been called upon shortly to submit a
report Of the condition of the finances, and,
It Is thought by some Of the interested ones.
he may not have been in q position to have
submitted a satisfactory <eport. His ac-
counts have not yet been examined, and
1t is therefore impossible for the projectors
of the enterprise to tell If they are in good
shape.
The two letters received here this morn
ing were delivered about the same time, as
the Allen and Cooper families occupy ad-
joining houses Mrs. Allen, who was great
ly shocked at the information contained in
the note. consulted friends, and later In the
day the matter was reported to the police.
The message received by Mr.. Cooper was
turned over to Capt. Boardman by Mr..
John Childress, friend of the Allen ram
lily. 1t states:
Announces His Intentions.
"On the Willow Grove line. just beyond
the post office, is a lake; Immediately back
of that on the hill look for my remains.
Yours in haste, H. M. A"
Allen, who is a native of Pennsylvania,
was appointed to the position in the print
ing office from the state of New York.
v-kere he resided and had vote. He came
to this city about seven years ago and soon
became one of the most popular men IN the
third division of the office 1t was be-
cause Of his popularity that he was MADE
treasurer of the money-lending association
and intrusted with large sums or cash.
Tuesday night he spent some time on Penn-
sylvania avenue listening t. reports 1rorn
the elections, not having gon. nome to case
his ballot. He returned home that night
and retired as usual without saying any
thing to his wife about being In trouble or
limiting that he intended to leave the CITY.
Wednesday morning he left home In time
to reach his work at o'clock, but falieo
to appear at the Office.
Mrs. Allen knew nothing Of his failure to
go to work until late in the day, and then
she made anxious inquiries concerning MS
whereabouts. Today Capt Boardman tele-
phoned to the postmaster at Abingdon ana
learned that Willow Grove Is short dis
tance from the small town. 1t Is a grove
several miles long, and the lake is there, as
indicated in the letter sent to Mr.. Cooper.
Nothing had been heard there of the death
of a stranger, and the postmaster said 1t
would take several hours to make a
search and send a reply, Friends of the
missing man say he was always a man OF
his word. and they feel certain that he has
ended his life.