The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-07-02
Missing Merchant Located.


Charles P. Brewin, former merchant
tailor of Burlington, whose mysterious
disappearance caused such a sensation
four years ago, and who has long been
thought dead by his family and friends,
has been located alive and well at Plain
field.
The missing merchant was recognized
in Plainfeld a few days ago by Alfred
Woolman, young trolley conductor, who
was living in Burlington at the time of
Mr.. Brewin's disappearance. He met the
tailor on the street, but when he APP
preached him he declared emphatically
that his name was johnson and not
Brewin.
Woolman at once communicated with
relatives of the missing man and on Tues
day Frank P. Brewin, son, and William
Brewin, brother, of Pavonia, went to
Plainfield. They easily located their rel
alive, but are said to have had some diff
Guilty in convincing him that his name was
Brewin, he persisting that it was Johnson.
Mr.. Brewin was working at his trade as a
tailor when found and is reported to be
well and happy. He is said to have been
in Plainfield for some time past and it is
intimated that ever since he went away
he has not wandered beyond a short
radius of New York City.
The finding of Mr. Brewin alive lifts
the mystery that followed his strange
dropping out of sight of his family and
friends on November 8, 1908. He was
found missing one Monday morning and
although a diligent search was made for
him it was never successful. Friends
traced him to Bristol, then to Philadel-
phia and Trenton, and a week after his
departure his hat and a note were found
on Jersey City ferryboat. 1t was be-
lieved at the time that he had committed
suicide; but as his body was not found
and nothing further of him was heard of.
the case was filed among the unexplained
mysteries.
1t was believed that Mr.. Brewin was
mentally unbalanced at the time of his
wandering away as he h I'd suffered from
sunstroke while in the army and doctors
were of the opinion that it had affected his
brain. Neither was his health at its best
and physicians said that he could not live
many months at the least. He has con-
sequently been long mourned as dead by
his friends and relatives, although fire.
quent rumors have been been circulat- |
ed of his being seen at various places.
but so far as can be learned none of these
has had any foundation.
At the time of his disappearance Mr.
Brewin was one of the most prominent of
the business men of Burlington. He had
been in the tailoring business for nearly |
thirty years and his gentleman's furnish |
ing store on High street was one of the |
old established stands in the business sec
ton. He was deacon of the First Bap |
fist Church, belonged to several lodges,
and stood well socially in the city No
explanation has been given for his wan
dering off other than that it was during a
fit of temporary insanity.
MI Brewin's reason was restored yes
terday, and in company with his son he
home last night.
Burlington.
James w. tanning, owner of the Bur
lint ton Auditorium, has just put huge
boiler in the building with the object in
view of installing his own electric plant for
next season.
Princes of the Oriental Court of Evening
Star Council, No. SO, Jr. o. U. A. M, are
making big preparations for their annual
excursion down the Delaware
On the night of July 25th.
BY decision handed down by the Su-
preme Court at Trenton Wednesday, the
ive-year lease on the Town Wharf granted
by City Council to the new boat line, has
been declared unconstitutional and here
after steamers of the Delaware River
Company or of any other
inc for that matter, may use the landing
without fear of trespass.
A prominent Burlington merchant
walked into the post Office He was smok-
ng a cigar as many men are in the habit
Of doing. He wrote a letter.. mailed it,
put his cigar on the pen rack and went
away. He had gone but little way, how
ever, before he found that he was not get
ing much smoke from the penholder bet
ween his teeth. Just a case of absent
On Saturday Superintendent and Mrs
G. E. Buckley and children, Bert, Gertrude,
and Chester, of East Union street, left for
New England where they will spend
their vacation. Mr. Buckley will be gone
for two weeks while The family will re
main for month. They will visit many
points in Massachusetts and Connecticut
including Hartford, Springfield and Bos-
ton.
A delegation from the Trenton Temples,
Order of United Americans, headed by K.
w. Great Commander Herbert Mintle,
consisting of about twenty five delegates
from George Washington Temple, No. /;
Liberty Bell Temple. No. 3; Starry Flag
Temple, No 6, and Banner Temple, No.
TO- visited Olive Branch Temple, No. 10,
in this city Wednesday evening in their
rooms in the Masonic Hall. They made
the trip from Trenton to Burlington and
return by trolley and each member had a
large horn, which was heard for some
time before they reached High str eet.
After the business social session was en-
joyed by those present and refreshments
were served.