Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-15
Tobias Panor Returns to Des
Moines a Millionaire, After
Twenty-one Years
HAD BEEN MoURNED AS DEAD
chases Fortune in the Far West and
Finds It. Happy Mother Meets Son
in Omaha = Father Prosecuted
World Wide Search, Failed and Died
Broken Hearted.
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Des Moines, Aug. 15.-To return
home a millionaire after running away
twenty-one years ago when mere
boy, is what happened to Tobias Panor
when he arrived in Des Moines last
evening for visit with his brother,
Sol Panor Of the Family Shoe Store,
Fifth and Locust streets, east. Almost
forgotten save by his loving mother
and his brothers and sisters, lost for
over eight years, during which time
his relatives thought him dead, turn
ing up a millionaire mine owner over
in Nevada, all are mere details of the
romantic life of this former Des
Moines boy whose mother and sister
Yesterday Ibet him in Omaha for the
first time for these many long years.
Twenty-one years ago, when Des
Moines did not present it's present
metropolitan appearance. Tobias and
Jacob Panor, 16-year-old twins, and
brother of the then 3-year-old Sol
Panor, believing that human activity
was more or less circumscribed here
ran away from home to WOO the tickle
goddess of fortune in parts far re-
moved from accustomed haunts.
Together the twins drifted ABOUT
the country finding employment any
way and any place, following the
course Of their own will. While IN
North Dakota the boys separated ana
went their ways alone. Each follow
ed a pecarious existence on the border
land of poverty and in following the
elittering will-o' -the-wisp that ever
lured them on they visited nearly every
large city in the United States
After a separation of eight years
the boys met by merest chance IN
theater in San Francisco. Ihey then
decided to throw their lots together
again.
A few months following the discov-
cry of gold in the frozen north found
the boys camped in the Yukon coun-
try welding pick and pan searching
for the precious metal. FolloWed
months of privation and at length the
TWO returned to sunny California
But the spark of hope still glowed
brightly in the breasts OF both and
they journeyed back to the koreans
country.
Better success met them few years
later. The gold field strike was an
nounced to the country, and the boys
los, no time in getting on the ground.
They mot the famous fight promoter,
Tex Richards in his days of struggling
adversely and loaned him $500, from
which as a nucleus, he has built for
tune OF $1,000,000.
During the years that elapsed the
father In Des Moines continued to hope
for some word of his boys, but the
word did not come. At last, desperate
and we'll nigh broken hearted, he sent
a circular letter around the world in
the hope of receiving some word from
the missing boys, but in course of time
the letter was returned. Then grew
that both were dead.
Yesterday Mrs C. Panor, Of Fifth
street east, and her daughter, Mrs.
Feeder, of Paterson, N. j., went to
Omaha to meet the long lost Tobias,
who Is returning for the first time In
twenty-one years. Tobias owns large
mining interests in Nevada, and is con-
sidered a wealthy man. The home
coming, like the return of the prodigal
son, will be marked with feasting and
rejoicing.
The Panors arrived on the $50
o'clock train last evening over the
Rock Island.