The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-02
Ito be continued.)
PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEAR.
Love Affairs and Family Difference
Often the Reason.

Love Affairs and Family Differences
Often the Reason.
women do not disappear as much as
men," said Mr. Hartley. an information
al detective, who was interviewed in
reference to a mysterious disappear
ance which is now attracting much
public attention, says the London
Graphic.
When woman goes II is usually a
love affair. Either the parents object
to the man, or there Is some other
cause. And it IS important to remem-
Der what cunning schemers women can
be. Even quite young girls may be
wonderfully clever in keeping things
from their parents. During the course
of my work 1 am very skeptical of
women for this reason. A girl might
arrange for her lover or some one sent
by him TO meet her, and it would be a
very simple matter for her TO give her
friends the slip in a crowded street
OF course very often we get cases Of
sudden loss of memory happening to
people who are in the best Of health
and spirits, but one rarely finds this
occur to a young girl, and where the
tendency does exist the family or
friends usually know of il and keep
watch accordingly. Again, 1t is pos
sble n girl does not like the prospect
of going home after she has been away
for a holiday, and some one with whom
she was in touch might assist her in
carrying out a plan of her own.
Disappearance are very common
not only in London. but in Paris and
New York, but the public seldom hear
of them. Not only girls. but old men
and others disappear. Generally these
are not cases of kidnapping they had to
do with family or business matters. and
rs the families as a rule do not wish
the police TO know the circumstances
they employed private detectives. Thus
the outside world does not get to know
of half of rhe disappearance and their
causes.
"Crime sometimes enters into these
sudden disappearance. A cool head
ed man Of the world who has commit
ted theft or felony either in business
or private life win take il into his head
to disappear and make n fresh start
in life somewhere else. A few years
ago a gentleman whose family was
high in the social world vanished. He
had been suspected Of robbing his
brother-in-law during period of pres
sure in the latter's business. The vic
tim knew that If he informed the po-
lice his brother-ln-law would stand in
danger OF being prosecuted, so he hand
cd the case over to me. 1t was proved
that the man had actually been rob
bling him right and left, but for the
sake of his wife he was a'lowed-and
even assisted-to disappear.
"A husband walked out of his fiat In
Marylebone one day and was not
heard OF. His wife searched for three
months herself, then came to me. She
knew her husband could not have en-
dured hardship or adventure, because
he was physically unable to do much
for himself. 1t was a troublesome
case, but eventually I found the hus-
band in a nursing home. What had
happened was that the mans parents
were strict living people, who did not
go to the theater and did not drink
stout. They did not think their sons
wife-who did these things-was goo1
enough for him, and they chose this
means of getting him away from her."