The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-04-04
Hundreds Join the City's Army OF Missing"
Persons Vanish Daily Fer No Known Reason and Often
Are Never Seen Agan-Many Of Them Are Women
Just Drop Out Of Sight.

at No. 994 50. Marks avenue, Brook
lyn, left his home on August 22 and
not subsequent trace of him was
obtained.
Gustave Meier. fifty-five years old,
a broker, married and living at No.
48 Grove street, with no apparent
reason, disappeared quite as mysteri-
ously on December 81.
Harry Wampole, fifty-six years
old. druggist. of Marion, Pa, came
to New York early in September to
transact some business. He stayed
at the Trenton House, Cortlandt and
Washington streets. On the morn
Ing of September he walked out of
the hotel and was never again seen
by his relatives or friends.
John M. Robbins, seventy-eight
years old, of No. 141 Pleasant ave-
nue. Williamsbridge. walked away
from home on August %, leaving
not the slightest trace of himself.
Mrs. Lillian Collett, twenty years
old, disappeared from her home, at
No. 267 West Twenty-second street,
on November 81. She was newly mar
ried, had everything she wanted,
lived happily with her husband, and
had no trouble, so far as any one
could learn. Still she walked out Of
the life of her family and friends,
leaving them completely mystlhed.
She wore three diamond rings when
she departed.
Harry Dow, thirty-six years old,
a stock clerk. who lived at No. 1SS
West End avenue, chatted pleasantly
with his fellow boarders on the
morning of October az, started for
his office, which he never reached,
and vanished completely.
Rather more unaccountable than
the average was the disappearance in
August of Mrs. Mary Albert. She
was thirty-six years old. in perfect
health, and lived happily with her
family at No. 1910 Second avenue.
| She left home late one afternoon
with about $500 in her purse. and
her relatives could find no trace OF
her.
Enrolled with the army OF missing
is Elizabeth p. Burr. dressmaker.
fifty years old, who lived with rela-
tives at No. 101 Cambridge place,
Brooklyn. She started for her work
on October 1. losing herself to her
friends and relatives.
Minister "Found' Abroad. ~
One of the most notable disappear-
ances and finds" of the year con-
cerned the Rev. George G. Poolton,
| a clergyman, of Navesink, N. ]. He
left his home in that village to at
tend conference of ministers in
Calvary Church. New York. When
the conference ended he did not re-
appear at his home, and inquiry
showed that he had attended but one
session of the conference.
| There was great excitement over
the case and his friends and relative
were at loss to explain the matter.
They were positive that there was no
reason for him to hide himself and
equally sure that he would not go
away on a journey without telling
them. After 1t had been decided by
his friends that he was murdered
in New York word came from Eng
land that he was at the home of
his father. Why he took the jour-
ney SO quietly was not learned.
Still another remarkable case was
that reported by Mrs. Carey, of No.
sc Douglass street, Brooklyn. She
went to Police Headquarters about
three months ago and said she want
ed to find her daughter, who dis
appeared mysteriously seven years
ago. Asked why she had delayed
reporting the case, Mrs. Carey said
she had often thought of seeing the
police but didn't know how to go
about it. She said her daughter
left home when she was seventeen
years old, and she insisted on CIV
ing the police a description of her
as she then appeared, as to clothes
as we'll as in person.
Around the disappearance of Will
ford l.. Jones, a real estate lawyer,
of No. "a Boerum avenue Flushing,
there was deep mystery. Prosperous
and in every way contented, he drew
several hundred dollars from banh
ON November 10 and dropped from
view. He was but thirty-dEe years
old. well known socially and Just
the sort of man who would not be
expected to do anything out of the
ordinary.
And so they run. Every day one
or more stories of disappearance are
told 70 the police. There is little
the police can do to find the lost
persons. A minute description Is
written down and that is communi.
Gated to every policeman and detec.
tive in the city. He is instructed
to keep an eye open for the per-
son described, but at the same time
he is under instruction to keep a
lookout for dozen or score of other
persons from pickpockets to embez-
zlers, and 1t is reasonably certain
that none of the descriptions fingers
long in his memory.-New York
Herald.