Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-26
RICHARDSON NOW
 BELIEVED TO HAVE
 LEFT F0R OREGON
TRACING PHOENIX ATTORNEY WHO WAS REPORTED TO BE
 IN GLOBE.
Known to Have Gone to Pendleton, Ore, but Reason for Nasty Departure Cannot Be Learned-Did Not Buy Ticket in Phoenix.

If W. F. Richardson returns to
 Phoenix tomorrow or within the next
 few days it will not be from Globe,
 but will be from Pendleton, Ore,
 where he is believed to be at present
 making his headquarters, says a Phoen-
 tx paper
 Richardson is now known to have had Oregon as his destination when he left Phoenix on Monday, November II, since which time no trace has been found of him, or if there has, those who know will not tell.
 Though the records of the local southern Pacific office do not show that
 Richardson or anyone else bought a ticket for Pendleton, Ore, on November l l OF for several days previous, that is where he has gone
 Just prior to his departure from Phoe. nix Richardson told an intimate friend that he was going to leave Phoenix anl
 that when he reached Maricopa he would decide whether to go east or west.
 After reaching Maricopa Richardson is said to have bought ticket for Pen dleton, Ore, and that it is his intention to remain there at least for one year. having hoped to keep his whereabouts to himself and few intimate friends in Phoenix.
 Under an assumed name. letters and other communications are being sent from Phoenix to Richardson. and he is keeping thoroughly posted regarding local affairs, in which he is especially interested. By this time he probably knows that his disappearance has caused decided stir in Phoenix
 Richardson s motive is still shrouded in some mystery, though domestic trou- bles are said to have played part in the cause of his leaving lucrative law practice and important business inter ests
 At the Southern Pacific office it was learned this morning that Richardson was there just prior to November II, and spoke of going away, but bought no ticket for any destination.
 Believing that Richardson might have had someone buy a ticket for him, efforts were made to determine whether or not someone else had recently bought | a ticket for Pendleton, but the records do not show such a sale.
 Now there seem to be but two sources from which Richardson could have obtained ticket, one being i through a local scalper and the other his waiting until he reached Mari. copa before buying his ticket.
 Investigation was made at the offices of local sealpers this morning and none of them have sold ticket for any point in Oregon or Washington for sev- eral weeks. This eliminates all but Maricopa as the nearest point at which got his ticket.
 What gives much that is speculative to the departure of Richardson is the fact that his business affairs are all in excellent shape and that he enjoyed a paying law practice. The motive which caused a man of his standing to drop out of sight has an element of ny ySbelg dlpuhu il thdt NOhtihuts pug | zling.
 That nothing was known of Richard sons disappearance until yesterday is due to the silence of Mrs. Richardson, who believed until that that he fully to return. His failure to re- turn and look after pending legal mat ters has convinced her that his absence is to be continued.
 Richardson took nothing with him but an overeoat and suit case filled with his personal effects. He left i'm portant correspondence, made no pro cision for taking care of his legal busi- ness and appears to have suddenly de- termined to leave the city and begin life anew in some other part of the country.
 Today Mrs. Richardson took the first step regarding the disappearance of her husband, consulting an official for some time this forenoon. She was unable to- day to throw any further light on the