The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-13
Officials Finally Get Trace Of the
Hardware Man Long Missing
From the City
NOT TO RETURN TO KENOsHA
Fay's Attorney Claims That He Will
Not Come Back to Kenosha. and
That He. is Well Supplied
With Money

The deep mystery surrounding the
Disappearance of George ~. Fay, the
we'll known hardware dealer, who has
been missing from Kenosha for many
months, has been solved a last, as
the officials are now apprised that the
missing man is living ia village in
the Dominion of Canada, and he is
probably out of the reach of the laws
of the United States and the state of
Wisconsin. Fay has not met with
foul play and he is not deranged, and
it is generally believed that he left
he will never return to the city.
District Attorney Baker stated this
morning that he had been advised
that Fay was in Canada, but that he
could not make public the name Of
the place IN which the missing man
was living. Thus far no warrants
have been issued for the arrest of
Fay, and so far as is known the only
charge that could be brought against
him is that of abandoning his wife
stated that he was not certain that
Fay could be extradited from Canada
even if warrants for his arrest were
issued in Kenosha.
However. it seems very probable
that the missing man will never re-
turn from Canada to Kenosha, and
plans are now being made to secure
an order from the court by which the
business affairs that Fay left behind
may be settled up. Fay is well sup
piled with money, as it is now ad-
mitted that the story of his, having
left his money in the bank was pure
canard, and before he left for his long
journey he withdrew from the bank
all of the money he had on deposit,
and gathered up all that he could
from other sources.
Attorney Calvin Stewart who was
Fay's personal attorney for number
of years admits that his erstwhile
client has been in Canada and it
seems from the statements made that
Fay went directly from Kenosha. to
Canada. Mr.. Stewart stated this
morning that he had heard from Fay
since he left Kenosha and when. he
heard from him in person he was in
Canada. It's not known whether or
not Fay is living alone in the
Canadian city. Attorney Stewart
refuses to make any statement in re-
gard to the reason for Fay leaving
kenosha in the unusual manner and
if he knows anything a bout his pres
ent life he refuses to divulge it. Fay
seems to have written to no other
person in Kenosha except his attorney
but his presence in Canada was dis
covered by the district attorney be-
fore any statement was made by the
attorney for the missing man. Dis
trict Attorney Baker has had charge
of the. business affairs of Mrs. Fay
but hoping against hope that the
missing man would return an issue
has not been forced in the matter. 1t
is now arranged to go into Court and
ask that the Court direct sale Of the
property including the Main street
store and it is possible that this will
be done. Some complications may
arise in regard to the disposal Of the
property but the attorneys hold that
if it is sold under an order of the
Court such bill of sale would be en-
tirely legal.
Fay's disappearance has proved
one of the hardest problems for the
police officers IN Keuosha and sur
rounding cities and notwithstanding
the fact that the officers had been
searching for him ever since he left
Kenosha no trace was found until
clue was sent in from Canada.
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