Arizona republican., 1906-04-22
MYSTERY OF QUINN
 IS STILL UNSOLVED
Possibly an Illinois StOcKman Who
 Disappeared a Month Ago.


 who is now in the county jail held awaiting developments in his ease is Thomas Quinn who set all Chicago talking about thirty days ago over the story of his nyst terious disappearance. As yet the story is not clearel up ow- ing to Quinn's loss of his mental ia cilities. His supposed identity was made possible by Mrs. Sadie Walton who is in Phoenix for the winter and who resides a the home Of Mir Frank Shaw on North Seventh avenue. She two days ago received a letter from Thomas Quinn's wife and that letter contained the information that as yet the Chicago police had found no trace of her hlsband nor had any body been found which could be identified as that of the missing man.
 Thomas Quinn was a member of q prominent and wealthy family of Illi- inOis. For years the family lived a; De Kalb where the members followed the vocation of stock ra.s-ng and farm ing. The Quinn homestead is still Io- cated the. and is still occupied by the mother of the family. the father being deceased. As the young men married they were each given q part of the farm and naturally drifted into the same business as that of their father Such was the case with Thomas Quinn. About six years ago he married. Three children were born to the couple. Quinn frequently made trips into Chicago with shipments of hogs and it was business of this nature that took him there about thirty days ago. He made the sale of his stock anl there was de- posted to his credit $7O0 in the Union Stock Yards bank. Quinn never ap- peared to claim th's sum and from the time he closed his deal he has never been seen. It was as if the earth had swallowed him up.
 The theory was advanced that he had been attacked by robbers who thought he had already received tn- money for his stock and had it in his possession, although what his assail- ants had done with his body was a mystery. The papers of Chicago took the story up and followed it for several weeks. The police of the lake city worked 10 ferret out the mystery but were unrewarded by any clew. The 5principal detective agencies of the country gave their most keen men as signments on the case for the Quinn family was liberal in their offers of rewards for the arrest of his assaiI- ants or any clew which might lead to the finding of the body. None of these rewards ever had to be paid for Thom- as Quinn's body was never found nor any trace Of it learned of.
 Friday the residents of the north west part of this city were molested by a fairly well dressed man who ap- peared to be in a demented condition. He wanted to be saved from a negro and a railroad man. he said had been following him. The negro he declared. head yg tT n said was implicated in the affair by throwing something at him. Then he would ramble off in a story about a bird which was also bothering him. There was no mistake about his being out of his head. A resident of Grand avenue persuaded Quinn 70 accompa ny him to the sheriff's office and he was there locked up. The county physi- elan was called and asked that the man be detained awhile until it deveI- oped whether his condition was due to the excessive use of liquor or whether his mental facilities were impaired. This is being done.
 story of his arrest was printed in The Republican yesterday morning and il was from this that Mrs Walton learned of the mans arrest. The name interested her for 1t was that of the husband of her friend. She interested Captain Mcdonald of the Five Points police and gave him a description. Among other points in the description are several scars on the face of Quinn which appear on the face of the man who is held. When he was taken into custody he gave his name as Quinn anl said he was from Chicago. He claims. however. when he talks CO., herently that his first name is George Quinn This. according to Mrs. Wal ton is the name of Thomas Quinn's brother who died about the same time Thomas Quinn disappeared.
 Today Mrs. Walton will visit the jail and if possible identify the man as Thomas Quinn. The only feature Of the case which leads the officers to doubt that he s the real Thoma Quinn is the fact that in one O; the pockets of his coat at the time he was was taken into custody was a card showing the owner to be of the name of George Quinn. and that he was a member of the United Bridge Workers Union of Chicago in good standing It is likely that further examination Of the case will be made by the county physician.