New-York tribune., 1911-03-17
SEEK ALLEGED LUNAT|C
srotFer Says He Is Around City
with Wife and Two Children.
FEARS FOR THEIR SAFETY
Cows Man Escaped from Asylum
10 Maine. Came Here for Fam
. ;lv and Is Now Missing,

Gordon. who said he was an ex-
,,ec,rician in the employ ~ the In
,o,ouch Rapid Transit COMPANY
.,..,ked into the West 10th street police
..,,on last night and told Lieutenant
Than that he wanted an alarm sent
.or his brother. Edmund r. Gordon.
80 ,-,fo and their two daughters. Ira
l...5or ssjd that his brother was insane
"a ,ha, he had escaped from an insti-
zion a, Harmony. Me. on March l.
- come 10 this city. Yesterday after
I'm according 70 Ira Gordon. Edmund
..d gone to his house at No. 1869 Am
,'-..rdan, avenue and taken by force or
rorsuasion his wife and their two
,.,ohters. Emily. seventeen years old.
nd Clara. nine. who had been staying
=, Iva Gordon's house.
Edmund Gordon and his family. said
+, we're last seen walking toward the
,,,dson River The brother believes
.ba, Edmund. being insane. may do
sar-, 70 his wife, the two girls and him
self.
According 10 Ira Gordon. his brother
uos discharged from the Kings County
uosnital for the Insane last August as
,r-ed and shortly afterward went TO
,,,.o ., Harmony. where Ira had bought
farm FOR him. Mrs. Edmund Gordon
.,d her daughters made their home with
Ira
After being elected president of the
i,.al telephone company at Harmony.
s,cording TO Ira. his brother again
sboved signs Of insanity, and after he
t.d created havoc in Harmony by going
through the town smashing all the tele
-sone instruments he was committed to
er institution for the insane.
last sunday, Ira said. his brother
ado his ESCAPE from the asylum and
,are here. No alarm had been sent out
fo- hin ny the authorities in Maine but
Walter Marvel. a Harmony ScleCtman.
wrote Ire let~er telling him Of his
tr',her's escape and asking him to look
ogt for his arrival in this city.
N4ocloak Yesterday afte-noon. while
Ira Gordon was at his office. Edmund
Carbon came 70 the house i'm Amsterdam
sveruc \ fov minutes later one of the
elevator boys saw Edmund Gordon, his
wife and two children leave the apart
r-er, house aud started vallH-
,hs Hudson River.
As soon as Ira Gordon arrived home
yesterday evening hr was told Of Ed
runds visit and his departure with Mrs.
Gordon and the children. He at once
started 4 search for them. and went TO
III police According 20 his brother.
Edmund Gordon was formerly employed
~ the lntorborouCh company as an
electrical expert. He invented the type
n ray-as- you-enter cars in use here.
said his brother The missing man is
described as being forty-three years old,
feet 10 inches In height. $50 pounds
weight and of dark complexion. He
was smooth shaven and when last seen
aore a gray ovcrcoat and hat.
Ia Gordon said last night that he
bought bis brother might have gone TO the
home Of Mrs BENJAMIN King. OF No. 219
Eas. l2etl street. a friend of the family.
Nrs King said she knew Mrs Gordon and
,s- husband and that Mrs Gordon had
Teen living with her until Wednesday.
yhen Ira Gordon called and took Mrs.
Edmund Gordon and her two children to
ts ONT home, Sne had not seen them yes
isrdsy she said Int was inclined 10 be-
lfye that Edmund Gordon took his wife
snd children o. Boston, where Mrs. Cor
-V.fs relatives I've.