Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-05
YOUNG
MAN is
MISSING
Left Home of Sister
Last Friday
Night
Had Money in Pockets
and Foul Play
Feared
Had Complained of Loss of Memory
Due to illness, and May
Be Wandering About
Aimlessly

Two dark-eyed children, weeping for
whom the agony and suspense is driv-
ing we'll night mad, and broken
hearted mother and sister beWailing
the loss of son and brother-such are
the results of the strange disappear.
ance of Winford e. Davies, 72S East
Fortieth street, Friday night.
Davies has been employed as mar
ker in the Angelus laundry, but hard
work had made him i'll, and a short
time ago he complained that he seemed
to be losing his memory. About week
ago he decided to take q vacation,
passing the time with his little family.
Friday afternoon he went to the Ger
man Savings bank and drew SIS In
! gold as vacation funds.
| Going to the home of his sister-in-la,v
at Santee and Main streets, he passed
q part of the night in good natured
fun and at S:45 o'clock he decided tc
| leave for home, intending to ride the
short distance across the city on his
| bicycle, which he had with him. In
a playful mood he said to his siSter-in-
law, 81 guess I'll have to go home to
the Kid now," a pet name he called
his wife. Teephoning home, he told
her that he would be home in fifteen
minutes The minutes have run into
days, but still he does not come. Leav-
ing the Santee street home, he rode
away on his bicycle. Since then no one
has seen any trace of him. He has
disappeared as completely as If the
earth had swallowed him.
Wife Grows Anxious
At the little home at 728 Fortieth
street the wife awaited his return. Nine
o'clock came, 10 o'clock, II o'clock, and
still no signs of the man. Finally,
with vague feeling of terror, the
anxious wife telephoned to her sister
to find out whether her husband had
left as he intended. The reply con-
firmed her fears. He had left for home
at the specified time and the sister
wondered that he had not yet returned
OF the crushing fears and half formed
dread of that anxious night, none but
the grief-stricken wife can tell The
sad news was told the little children,
whom the stir had awakened. Sleep
finally came to the relief of the two
little tots, Juanita, aged 6 years, and
Edwin, aged 8. But the first question
of the babes when they awoke in the
morning was, Has papa come home
yet?" To the question of her children
the mother could make no reply, but a
mournful shake of her head.
The young mans mother, Mrs. john
son, who lives at 1107 West Twenty
fourth street, was notified the next
day, and she at once secured the SER
vices of detectives, who are now work.
ing on the case. AS yet nothing has
been discovered that would lead to the
finding of the young man.
Foul Play Feared
The family is undecided as to what
to think of the disappearance. The
fact that he drew money from the
bank leads them to think that possibly
some one observing this, followed the
young man till he had the desired OPP
portunity to attack him.
On the other hand, in such case,
it would be strange that the body had
not been found, had he been the victim
of foul play. Davies complained some
time ago that his memory seemed to
be deserting him and his mother
thought that possibly his mind had
given way and he is now wandering
about the country, not knowing his
own identity or where he lives.
Young Davies was 2S years old and
of slight build. He was about feet 5
inches In height and weighed 118
pounds. His light hair were almost of
an auburn hue, but his eyes were dark.
When he left his sister-in-law's home
Friday night he wore a gray suit and
a black hat and was riding a wheel.
Any information given of his where
abouts will be thankfully received by
the prostrated wife and his mother.