Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-22
MAN WHO MYsTERioSULY LEFT
WATERLOO IN 1906 10.
GATED IN MISSOURI.
DISCOVERED az MERE
CHANCE AT SEDALIA
-ehmann Was Property Owner in Wa
ter!oo and After Strange Disappear.
ance Notified Relatives rio Had Con-
sumption, Then They Lost Trace Of
Him-Wife Died Last Winter.

Waterloo. Dec. 22.-After q lapse of
four years and eight months, the
mystery surrounding The Whereabouts
Of Henry Lehmann. who disappeared
from his home in Waterloo on the
evening OF Saturday, April :, 1895, has
been explained. and Mr.. Lehman has
is employed in a printing office ANA
blndery.
The finding OF MIR. Lehman was as
Sudden ana unexpected as was his
disappearance. Cnm.nQIul of the sur
Prise that awaited HIM, GeorSe ,.
ters uson, OF the Iirm of ferSusol
Brothers, himself an old-t!ne Ivlenu
and acquaintance OF the missing man,
left Waterloo last week on a business
trip which took MIN TO Sedalla, wnere
he spent "a portion OF last Thursday.
Al the noon hour ne stepped iAto a
restaurant for luncheon and was i'm
mediately Impressed by h features OF
d man sitting at Il table. a closer
scrutiny convinced him that the man
Lehman, but as year had left
tlleLI lldCs upon LlS llA14. = 1oNS !
son hesitated TO speak 10 him lest ne
was mistaken. The man apparently
did nos notice Ferguson. or if he dio,
he did not him, but having
finished his meal. he arose, palo his
bill aEd left the restaurant.
Ferguson Becomes Sleuth.
BY this lime Ferguson was intense
~ interested, for he was familiar win
oil H.. I.,,;ic of fha n 50 rlnra IA nee OF
Lehman from Waterloo and Of the
years that had passed without word
from him being received here. he,
too, left the restaurant and followed
the man, at a respectful distance. I'm
ii. he saw him enter d printing and
binding establishment. knowing that
Mr.. Lehman was a binder by ccupa
ton this fact strengthened his be-
lief. but he still had d nes!tdncy about
accostiag the q
For some little time Mr.. Ferguson
debated what was best TO be done ana
finally decided TO lay the matter before
the local officers. tie therefore called
upon the chief Of police and to!d nm
the story Of the disappearance OF Len
mann and of his belief that ne ia
found the man in Sedalia. Acting upon
his suggestion the officer teiephoneo
the printing establishment and giving
the proprietor the description OF the
man that had been furnished him ny
FERGUSON, asked if he had such a man
in his employ. The proprietor rep!ieo
that he had and in answer 70 a GHes-
ton regarding the mans name, repl!eu
it was Henry Lehman.
Thus satisfied that he had indeed
found Henry Lehman. re-
turned 20 Waterloo. arriving here SAT
urday. and at one laid the matter pc
fore D. r. Weaver, administrator Oh
the estate of Mrs. Lehman. MI
Weaver vent to Sedalla Moncay TO
make a further investigation into the
case and a telegram received from MIN
Tuesday evening stated that
had admitted his Identity and foreeHr
put an end to the uncertainty OF 1aie
which mas for over four years agitateo
his friends in Waterloo.
Wall Weli-to-Do.
lehman left Waterloo suddenly on
Saturday. April :. 1906. AT that time
he was owner Of a flat building at the
corner of East Fifth and Walnut
streets. He had recently opened a
bindery in connection with the printing
establishment OF the Times-Tribune.
after having been employed in The Re-
porter for fifteen years. AS his reia-
tives and friends knew Of absolutely
no reason for mis- leaving the city, il
was feared that he had been drowned
or had met with foul play, and the po-
lice We're preparing TO drag the river
when. on Monday noon Mrs. Lehman
received a letter from him in which he
stated that he believed he had con-
sumption and that he was on his way
70 the northwest. where he intended TO
secure work on a farm and either re-
cover from his affliction or succumb to
i. The letter bore the postmark Of
Albert Lea and Burlington postal car
and in it he stated that he had been
for a year or more than he had
the White plague, but dared not tell
his wife.
If Mr.. lehman has revealed to Mr..
Weaver the motive that impelled him
to leave Waterloo it Is not known here
as yet. nor it is known where Mr.. Leh-
mann has peer during all these years.
hut az all events his friends will be
glad 70 know that he is alive and well
and apparently prosperous.
After nearly four years OF agonizing
worry and grief Lehmann's wife die
last January. His mother-in-law, Mrs.
Mary Kicker. also died without hearing
from him, three years ago.
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