The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-22
Los ANGELES
MAN MISSING
MysteriousIy Disappears
Here Leaving His
Baggage.

Late yesterday evening a remarkable
case of mysterious disappearance was
reported to the police. 1t is that OF a
Los Angeles merchant who left his
personal effects at a local hotel nearly
three weeks ago and then dropped out
of sight as IL earth or sea had swallow
ed him.
Chief Detective A. p. Taylor imme-
diately went 10 work on the case and
before the town had gone to sleep had
collected lot of information about the
missing man. whose name Is l.. n.
Radermacher.
Major f. II. F. wolter. proprietor OF
the Occidental hotel, at King and Ala
kea streets, laid the information be-
fore the police. He said that on Tues
day, April 2. well-dressed and we'll
appearing man, of smooth face and a
Jewish cast of features. went to the
Occidental and engaged a room. The
stranger had a trunk, a valise and a
dress-suit case. He asked for a key to
his room and the request was gratified.
although very few of the rooms have
keys
That night the newcomer slept I'm
his room and he has never since been
DNSh' AlC Aao tahtH conlt VI Ills
clothes out of packing and distributed
them in a wardrobe and in bureau
drawers. A very fine quality OF un-
derclothing was what he placed in the
bureau.
His baggage was marked IL. r. Ra-
dermacher" and apparently came from
the Alexander Young Hotel as a label
on the trunk and tag on the suit case
Indicated Mr To oil 1ot
a guest of that name registered at the
Young on March IA, having arrived IN
the steamer Sonoma from San Fran
cisco, and left that hotel on April /.
This information disposed Of a theory.
based on circumstance. that RAIDER
macher was one of the Los Angeles
excursionists arrived in the Ohio.
The clothing hung in the wardrobe
was readymade goods labeled as sold
by Hart. Shaffner & Marx. clothiers,
Los Angeles. In the dress-suit case
one of the Los Angeles excursion pro-
head also, having a pretzel ornament
in the left corner and opposite card
and blank date as follows: Home
Phone 21S31. L. r. Radermacher, I'm
porter and Jobber of Grocers' Special
. .
find was a writing tablet con-
tanning a blotter on which is decipher-
able in reverse the address 1902 South
Fifth. City" There was also a piece
of paper on which is written, Angus
ia Radermacher. 44s North Belmont
Avenue. Then there was a section OF
an Oceanic steamer passenger list, the
map on the back of which had Samoa
arIr rr-f4s
Lastly there was an opened envelope
marked i'm pencil IL. r. r. $780," as II
it had been used I'm depositing funds
at a hotel office. The envelope shows
of coins and apparently a |
watch chain in the paper.
When the Los Angeles excursionists |
were here a man answering the de-
scription of Radermacher was among /
them at different places. At the Ka-
piolani Park afternoon band concert /
he was seen in company with an at
.ractive looking woman. dressed with /
taste and precision in keeping with his
Iwn notably dapper appearance. They
seemed to keep apart from the other
Los Angelenos. however. and attention
vas drawn to them particularly by a
restlessness of the man ION
iiS pms Which, tduSth an bbStfNtl 10 |
'iZe him up as a dancing master.
Radermacher, or the man supposed
o be he, is recalled by an Advertiser
eporter. who saw him at the park, as
having been seen some days later con-
-ersing with townsman at the street
ntrance of Elks hall.
A search of departing passenger lists
or a week after the mans disappear
No "a 70 ha 90 !
lacher.