The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-04-23
ANGELES
MAN MISSING
tFrom Mondays Advertiser.)

1 W Vih Ehouudy AQNertiHerD
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 imr1e-
diately went to work on the case and
before the town had gone to sleep had
collected a lot of information about the
missing man, whose name is L. r.
Radermacher.
Major E. H. F. wolter. proprietor of
the occidental hotel, at King and Ala
Kea streets. laid the information be-
lore 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 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. T.,
That night the newcomer slept in
his room and he has never since been
seen. He had taken some of his
clothes out of packing and distributed
them in wardrobe and in bureau
drawers. A very fine quality of un-
derclothing was what he placed in the
bureau.
His baggage was marked 81. r. RAJ
dermacher" and apparently came from
the Alexander Young Hotel as label
on the trunk and tag on the suit case
indicated. Mr.. Taylor found later that
guest of that name registered at the
Young on March IA, having arrived I'm
the steamer Sonoma from San Fran
cisco. and left that hotel on April /.
This information disposed of theory,
based on circumstances, 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-
grams was found. There was a letter
head also, having a pretzel ornament
in the left corner and opposite a card
and blank date as follows: Home
Phone 1881. L. r. Radermacher, I'M
porter and Jobber of Grocers' Special
ties. Los Angeles, CAL, ........., 19O.."
tanning 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 section of
an Oceanic steamer passenger list, the
map on the back of which had Samoa
and Auckland marked with a pencil.
Lastly there was an opened envelope
marked in pencil IL. r. r. $780," as If
1t had been used in depositing funds
at hotel office. The envelope shows
impressions of coins and apparently a
watch chain in the paper.
When the Los Angeles excursionists. ,
We're here man answering the de-
scription of Radermacher was among
them at different places. At tine Ka-
piolani Park afternoon band concert
he was seen in company with an at
tractive looking woman, dressed with
taste and precision in keeping with his
own notably dapper appearance. They
seemed to keep apart from the other
Los Angelenos however, and attention
was drawn to them particularly by a
peculiar restlessness of the man ION
his pins" which caused an observer to
size him up as a dancing master.
Radermacher, or the man supposed
to be he, is recalled by an Advertiser
reporter, who saw him at the park, as
having been seen some days later con-
Versing with townsman at the street
of Elks hall.
A search of departing passenger lists
for a week after the mans disappear
ance fails to reveal the name of RAIDER
macher