Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-10-11
William green
REPORTED DEAD
At HOME IN BROOKLYN
Young Man Who Spent shs Past vea-
a. HANDS Ranch. Reported q Sui
eide at Pueblo.

William Green nj Rraokiyn II stiii
! alive and well with no thought of sui.
side. the Pueblo papers TO the con.
trary Notwithstanding.
Mr.. Green spent a year NJ the
Placita ranch. at Los alamos. n q
guest of Mr.. J, D. Hand. and came to
this city once a week ON business,
and had a large circle N friends here.
He left this city on the first or An
gust for his home. Monday the Pueb-
10 chieftan published the following
article concerning him:
In a letter which was received
yesterday by Thomas Grove. proprie-
or Of the New Southern hotel. from
J. ID. Hand OF Los Alamos. N. NJ. II
was learned that the man who 80
mysteriously disappeared on the
morning Of September % was VII
liam Green and hin home In In Brook
lyn, ". Y. His Brooklyn address was
I222 Albermarle road S"s j..
The letter. however. does not giyc
any Information as 10 Green's where
abouts. and only lends credence 10
the theory that Green has committed
suicide.
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Your three letters received re-
isting 10 william Green. do mot
know where he Ia. lie left here In
August and I have never heard from
him since. His address ii 122c A.
bermarle road. j. n. HAND
Hand. from whom this informa-
ton was received Ii the proprietor
of the placita ranch. one of the lsrg.
est In New Mexico. and II II probable
that Green h IN old friend of his AMI
spent several weeks on the ranch be.
fore starting for Pueblo. Or u may
be that Green had been prospecting
In that country, and that after unsuc-
cessful attempts ID find the yellow
metal, he became despondent and at
last started for home. y$ss r.
While looking through one Of Mr..
Green's trunks yesterday, Mr.. Grove
happened 10 find a blank piece of
writing paper on which was printed
the street residence of Green, 1922
AIbermarle road although this was
the extent OF the address.
The officers are more convinced
than ever that Green committed sui.
eide, and It is believed that he jump
ed into the Arkansas river from the
Victoria avenue bridge on the night
Of Sept. %. s..=z@. = s . ". y
On account of the river being low
at present II III not thought that the
body could have floated down stream
any great distance. and i search was
commenced yesterday along the bank
but as yet no discoveries have been
made. d,
when he arrived at Pueblo Sept.
21 and registered ut the hotel. he
simply registered William Green,
New York He was taken for some
New York gentleman who hod been
roughing t. by his. manners and
clothes. r ~f%*$ ..s n ~.
About the only information no
gave about himself was that he had
lust come from the mountains where
he had been doing some prospecting
with an uncle. He had with him two
fine trunks which he had sent up u
bis room. He was All the hotel just
tasweek During that time he only ap- /.
|peared at meal times and came to ].
and from the hotel In 4 mysterious
manner After breakfast last Mon.
day he left the hotel and has not
been seen since His trunks are stili
.ip the room as is also filled cart
ridge belt, which was found on the
floor ri s3%s3..
Inquiries In this city disclosed thu
fact that Mr.. Green's mother, who
had been visiting In California. stor
ped here on her way back and ac-
eompanied her son home and that
several friends here have received
letters from him and from friends In
New York, who knew him and who
have spoke Of seeing him IN this city.
They scout the idea that he commit
ted suicide In Pueblo and state that
he never saw the Town. The woods
are fun of William Greens and Il Ii
certainly Il case III mlstaken identity
The reporter WIN wrote the story
evidently added tha information that
the Young mans address was found
lin trunk % make his story better.
for whoever the missing stranger
was NJ took areai palms 20 hide his
identity.