The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
WIFE STILL HOPEFUL
Mrs. Thomas Believes Her
Husband viii Return.
WILL CONTINUE HER SEARCH
Has Notified All the Relatives OF the
Postal EmpIOye of His Strange
Disappearanee-Cin Police
Report Their Failure 10 Trace Him.
Wife Says Worry Il the Cause.
Gone. but not forgotten.

Gone. but not forgotten.
Out at Kensington, in a little home on
hill, light burns drowsily in the hall
way all night long. The husband has gone
away. but the hope that he will return
still remains
Mrs. Lillian II. Thomas. wife Of VIII
liam D. Thomas, the missing employe Of
the Railway Mail Service division, re-
ceiyed a letter yesterday from the chief
OF police Of Cincinnati that search OF
the city had failed 10 reveal the where
abouts OF her husband. Shortly after
mysteriously leaving Washington six
weeks ago, Mr.. Thomas was seen near
/ Cincinnati by relative. No trace Of him
since has been found
/ Ills wife at KensingtOn, and not even
his mother. Mrs. Thomas. Of Baltimore,
/ has received a word from the man since
he went 4gay. Mrs. Thomas, the wife,
has not given up hope, however, and still
! looks forward 10 the return OF her huS-
band some day.
L can't imagine what ever possessed
VIII 10 go away" Mrs. Thomas said
/ yesterday. to a Washington Herald re-
porter. in the yard Of her little cottage.
near the center Of the Maryland village.
'The last time 1 saw him-six weeks ago
this mornlng-he was getting ready for
work. lie was as usual. aud nothing
! seemed 10 be worrying him.
sends Word to Wife.
He worked that day. During the
evening he met former Mayor Cornelius
/ Eckhardt at the Baltimore and Ohio sta
tion.
" Tell my wife. he said to Mr. Eek
hardt, that I'm going to Cincinnati
''Will has been worried for several
/ months because he hadn't been promoted
I believe this Is the reason he went
/ away. Some time ago a new man en-
/ tered the department where he was en-
/ ployed. and within a few months he was
advanced ahead Of Will Ny husband
often talked Of this. and I know that he
was greatly disappointed.
He had planned and looked forward e
the time when he would be advanced. Il
was the home he wanted the promotion
for, so that We could live better, and
with an increase IN salary, I know De
felt that he could do more for me. Their
he was given a test and failed II,
wasn't a man to talk a great deal, but
know this was the disappointment Of hi,
/ life. He never seemed Just the sam,
afterward
Il do hope he does come home. Do yot
really think he wiII2 His little home anC
his position still await him. If VIII onl.
knew. I wonder why he doesn't return
Notifies All Relatives.
Mrs. Thomas has communicated with al
OF Mr.. Thomas relatives as well as hei
I own, but none OF them. with the exeep
tion Of one in the suburbs Of Cincinnati
has seen or heard from him at all.
Mrs Thomas requested the asslstauc,
Of the Washington police several weeks
ago in locating her husband. but ever
their efforts have been without results
She believes that ar. Thomas went Wes
and that later he returned - the East
Mrs. Thomas thinks that possibly he il
now in either Philadelphia or New York
working az his trade. that Of a pressman
The TE0mases have lived at Kensingtoi
three years. The missing man was Ieade
Of the choir OF the Kensington Methods
Church and has been prominent in hi
work foS the benefit Of the singers.
Mt Thomas IS thirty-two years old an,
is five feet eight inches in height. He Ia
a very light complexion. blond curly hair
and makes a neat appearance. Some
times he wears a mustache Usually h
dresses in dark clothes.
He has a mother, three sisters, and
brother living in Baltimore