The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-15
STRANGE STORY
 OF. DISAPPEARANCE
Whereabouts of A. H. Perkins
 of EnsIey Unknown
FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED
Left Birmingham for Hardwood Satur- day Afternoon With Pay Roll
 for Rock Quarry at
 Genery's Gap.

What promises to develop into deep mystery is the strange disappearance of A. H. Perkins of Ensley, who left Bir- mingham Saturday afternoon at 315 on the Louisville and Nashville Montgom- cry accommodation. for Parkwood, and who has not been heard of since.
 MT. Perkins is engaged in managing rock quarry at Genery's Gap, flag sta tion on the Southern railroad about three and a half miles across the mountain from Hardwood. This quarry is owned by A. J. Terrell of Birmingham and was up to sometime in January of this year operated by Him and his partner, w. K. Salisbury, also of this city At the time of his disappearance, MT. Perkins was getting out the stone on a contract basis.
 MT Perkins came to Birmingham Sat urday morning to get the money to pay off his laborers. Mir. Terrell was in the company's office at Room No 437 First National bank building when MT. Per kins came in and he states that he made him out a check for $l10.40, which was the amount of the pay roll Mir. Perkins then left the office, stating that he would go down on the afternoon train to Park wood and walk across the mountain to. the quarry. MT. Salisbury, who hap pened to be in the union station when the Montgomery train left, states that he saw MT. Perkins on the train just at the point when it was leaving for the ali of either Mr. Perkins or the pay roll seems to have been lost To date no one has been found who can account for his fur ther movements.
 It was not until yesterday afternoon that it was learned that MT. Perkins mad failed to appear at the quarry with the pay roll. John Blankingship, who lives in the vicinity of the quarry, and who hauls the commissary supplies from Bessemer to Generys Gap, then became alarmed at the long absence of his employer and notified Mr Terrell of the fact.
 Telegram Sent Operator.
 A telegram was sent to the operator at Parkwood and he replied that he thought he had seen MT. Perkins get off of the train at his station Saturday afternoon He later wired, however that he might have been mistaken in his first telegram as no one could be found who had seen Mr. Perkins alight. It is quite probable, however, that no one took mo- tice of him as in going to the quarry he would have passed on down the rail road tracks, and he may have gotten off on the other side from the station. The supposition is said to be that Per kins did get off with the money and that he was waylaid and killed while going over the mountain. The road, or rather trail, across the mountain at that point is wild and lonesome, and it passes through strip of country that has any thing but an enviable reputation. Per sons who Fare familiar with the section tell shudderingly of a murder under some what similar circumstances, which cured in the same locality some years ago. the perpetrator of which was never brought to justice. In the former case, a man having about ss0 in his possession was shot in the dense woods, and after the corpse was robbed of the money it was covered up in the leaves, where 1t de- composed. It was some days before the body was discovered.
 Man of Family.
 As stated before, MT. Perkins home is in Ensley. His wife and two sons. U. NJ Perkins and A. H. Perkins live there. When notified of his disappear