Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-01

father and heart-broken mother. AS yet
no information has been cleaned in Omaha
that would lead to the whereabouts of the
young lawyer Mr.. White is determined
to continue the search until there is moth
ing left for a father to do.
Mr.. White called on Chief Of Police
Donahue and Captain Dunn of the city
detective force Friday morning. The au-
thorities assured the father he would have
every assistance possible in his mission.
All OF the labor agencies, hotels, boarding
houses and other centers OF information
have been called on by detectives who are
now working on the case.
ArOuses All the County.
The continued absence of Virgil II. White
from his home is a current subject of talk
at Des Moines and throughout Polk county
in Iowa, where the White family has been
prominent for years.
The missing young lawyer left his home
Sunday morning, the 18th inst, ostenslbly
to take an outing on the river In canoe,
with which form of craft he said he never
before had any experience The following
morning the canoe was discovered turned
over near the river bank, with one cuff.
necktie and hat identified as having been
worn by the son when he left home. The
theory that White had been drowned. this
theory being strengthened when it was
known he was inexperienced with paddle.
The river was dragged and dynamited for
week by searching parties
Last Monday morning a message was re-
celved from Defiance, Ia, stating a young
man answering the description of Virgil
White had been seen working on a farm.
Mr. Hume OF the Des Moines law finn with
which White has been connected for the
last six years, went to Defiance and recog-
nized his associate on the farm. Mr.. Hume
exhausted every argument in an effort to
induce White to return home. but the
young man was obdurate and said he would
not return.
Seemed to he Rational.
To all appearances, Mr.. Hume states, Vir-
gil White seemed rational In his talk, but
was unconcerned when Mr.. Hume told of
the grieving parents at home and of the
i wisdom OF returning TO Des Moines The
| best Mr.. Hume could do with the young
lawyer was to get him to go TO Council
Bluffs, which was done. both registering
| at the Neumayer hotel. Mr.. Hume returned
| to Des Moines Tuesday evening with a
promise from White that he would. in a
few days. send his address home. The ad-
dress was not received.
| While the theory has been advanced that
a woman in the case is the cause OF Virgil
! Whites disappearance, the aged father
scouts such an idea and attributes the
strange conduct OF his son TO a general
| breakdown.
| Speaking Of the case 10 a reporter fol
The Bee Friday morning, the father said
81 am satisfied my son is afflicted with
peculiar form OF mania resulting from over
work. Virgil was raised on a farm ant
doctors have just told me that persons
afflicted with the mania such as my soI
is laboring under have a well-defined desir,
to return to their first occupation, as my
son did at Defiance. The affiiction also car
ries with It a desire to get away from
those who love the victim best and to seel
the company OF strangers. My boy alway
loved his mother and father dearly. H
was a devoted boy and except for the rea
sons I mentioned we can not think OF an!
other motive that might have prompte,
him to leave US"
Fred White. the father OF the younl
lawyer. u q kindly appearing man OF 7