Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12
FEAR MISSING MAN
HAS MET ACCIDENT
Photographer Suddenly Disappears
After Nine Years Employment in
Downtown Studio-Rela-
tlVes Alarmed

Clifton L. Hailman, 81 years old, man
ager of the Mitchell studio, 629 South
! Broadway, where he has been employed
f for the last nine years, asked his en-
ployer, w. r. Mitchell. for a few days
: vacation and left the place March 2.
/ He has not been seen or heard of since,
5 and Mitchell, fearing that some mis-
I fortune has happened to the young
man, visited the police station yester-
day and asked the detectives to assist
! in locating the missing man.
Hailman came to Los Angeles about
ten years ago from Virginia, where his
mother now. lives. Shortly after his
arrival he obtained a position with
Mitchell and gradually rose until he
became manager of the studio.
The missing man was a person of eX-
emplary habits and for the last two
years made his home with Frank p.
Sherman, a building contractor Of
Venice.
Several days before his disappear
ance Hailman told his landlord that he
was feeling tired and thought he would
take a vacation for a few days. On the
day of his leaving. Hailman went to
the bank and drew $685. leaving a bal
ance of a few cents. He then went TO
his room and took half a dozen collars,
which he placed in his coat pocket
Hailman told his employer he was
going to some quiet place, but refused
to give the location, saying he desired
quiet and did not wish to be annoyed
by letters.
Hailman has a brother living at
White River, Ariz. The latter is eX-
tremely anxious concerning the where
abouts of the missing man. The mother
also is worried about the disappearance
of her son and has written numerous
letters to Mitchell asking that every
effort be made to locate the young man.
The missing man, when last seen by
acquaintances, was wearing a dark
) brown suit, black derby hat and black
shoes. He is feet II inches in height,
weighs $50 pounds, has dark brown hair
!, and DARK gray eyes.
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: of her first experience with Thayer be-
in gtold.
. During the examination Mrs. Thayer,
; mother of the murdered youth col
, lapsed in the courtroom and was car
ried to the corridor. 1t was the first
show of emotion from Mrs. Thayer, but
the narrowing tale of Miss Mitchell's
confession was more than she could
bear. 1T cannot be true that my Cecil
did these things!" she said, and tainted.
She was given reStQratives and ap-
peared in court at the afternoon session.
AT the morning session the first love
letters written by the girl to Thayer
were introduced. In these the girl told
: how she loved Thayer and would be
true to him. She agreed to be truthful
to him and renounce all other youthful
sweethearts.
The witness also testified that Thayer
had said he was not afraid of Willie
and would kill him if he ever tried to
punish him.
In answer to a question the witness
ssaid: Yes, I told Willie that Cecil said
to me if Willie ever touched him he
would kill him."
Other BetrayaIs Not Proved
Efforts to show that Ethel had been
intimate with a youth named Guy
Luther before she met Thayer proved
} Intellectual. Witness admitted she had
written letters to Luther and had been
, friendly with him, but that that was
the extent of their relations.
: At the opening of the afternoon ses-
} sion Attorney North introduced the fol-
lowing letter, written by the girl to
Thayer December IS, 1907:
Dear Sweetheart-Well. Just got
through practicing my music lesson
and remembered that 1 had prom
! Used you a letter. Oh, you don't
know how l miss YOU this evening.
| letter you are at home in bed and
not uptown flirting with some girl.
But I guess l ought to know better
than that, hadn't 1? But you know
how jealous l am of you, and you
don't know how much l think of
you, sweetheart. l don't think you
: ever think as much of me as I do of
you.
Cecil, don't mind what the old
man says, because he is crazy. He
don't think l ought to stay outside
: in the cold. He says he don't care
how much you come over and for
you never to think you are not well
come to come here any old time
I You might think that I did not
give him the very devil tonight.
Oh, won't we have a swell time to-
morrow night, dear? l can hardly
wait to see you. Did you tel George
what l said last night about him
? driving home?
Oh, sweetheart, 1 will be so glad
when those years are over and we
are married and living in our little
home. All alone, and then we can
think of the good times we four
have had, but we will still have a
{ better time won't we, dear?
Jewel is telling you a big lie
about me letting her see that let
ter you wrote me. / guess George
told her about that letter He
grabbed it away from me that Sun
day when you was out here. don't
: want anyone to see our letters; do
you, sweetheart? 1 know you won't
show them to anyone, will YOU
dear2 1t is $3.50 now, but / guess l
viii write a little more. saw
Marie at noon today. Tell your
mother hope she will soon get bet
5 ter Is she better tonight? It must
: be tiresome in bed all the time. 1
Y know / wouldn't like it very well.
Wants a Long Letter
Well, 1 want you to write me a
$ long letter like this one / am writ
/ ing you. Say, do you like Jewel
better than you do me, sweetheart?
: Would you believe her before you
e would me? Well l guess you are
|. tired reading what 1 write. l guess
VI you think am crazy, don't you.