Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-02
is MISSING.
Augusta Horseman Was
Last Seen in October.
Told Wife He Was Going 10
Hospital in Montreal.
Appears to Have Dropped Complete
ly Out Of Sight.

Frank L. Hewitt of 112l& Water
street, a we'll known Augusta horse
man, has been missing since Oct. :,
1911. and his wife and other relatives
are anxious 10 know of his where
abeuts.
Mr.. Hewitt went to Bigelow from
this city the last of August, telling his
wife that lie was to take charge OF
saw mill for J. & Burriil. He returned
home, about the 10Th OF September and
remained few days. when he again
left. telling his wife that he was re-
turning to his work in Bigelew. He
wrote his wife, Sept. 27, from Kingfield
that his rheumatism that had troubled
him a great deal of late was worse and
that he WAS going to a hospital in
Montreal for treatment.
Weeks passed and his wife received
no further tidings from Mr.. Hewitt.
Inquiries were finally Instituted, both
BY her relatives and those of the miss
| ing man. 1t was aseertained that.
during the time that he said that he
was at work in Bigelow, he was not
there at all and that the sawmill of
which he was To take charge was a
/ pure invention of his mind. Examina-
| ton of his letters to his wife disclosed
| the fact that. while they We're dated
| from Bigelow they were pestmarked
| at Strong.
| Inquiry at Strong developed the fact
that man answering Mr.. Hewitts
| description, but giving the name OF
| Herrick. had been stopping at hotel
at Strong and had been under the doc
| tors care. Inquiry at BigeloW re-
| vealed the fact that there was no
such man there as j. c. Burrill, the
man in whose employ Hewitt had told
| his wife he was. 1t was ascertained,
after Mr.. Hewitt's failure to return,
| that~he had drawn all of his money
| which had been deposited in local
bank, representing the savings which
had been accumulated by himself and
wife during the % years of their mar
| ried life.
The last time that Mr.. Hewitt was
seen by anyone living in Augusta was
on Oct. .. when Smith Randall of this
city met him at the station at Water
Vile Mr.. Randall, for whom Hewitt
| had formerly worker, did not know OF
| the peculiar circumstances surround
| ing Mr.. Hewitt's absence from home,
SO asked him nothing more than ordi-
| nary questions and thought nothing of
| the occurrence, until sometime after
wards. when some inquiries were made
| of him in regard to the matter.
| Mr. Hewitt is Il man IS years of age
and weighs about 225 pounds. He has
| blue eyes and grey hair, is slightly
bald and when he left home had begun
10 raise moustache. which was of a
greyish brown shade. He is about 3
! feet i inches in height and has roll
ing gait with pronounced limp of the
right foot.
| Mrs. Hewitt, since her husband dis
| appearance, has resided with her sis
ter, Mrs George b. Henderson, at Is
! Oak street. Gardiner Mrs. Hewitt
when interviewed by Journal report
er Monday forenoon, said that she
was at a loss to account for her .hus-
bands conduct and did not believe
| that there was any other woman in
| the case. She had trusted him impli-
city until forced to believe that he
| had deserted her.
| 1t is believed by others acquainted
with Mr.. Hewitt that il is his fondness
| for horses that has led him into his
present difficulties. It has been inti-
mated that he lost heavily in betting
| on the August races of last year in
this city and some think that not car
4 ing to confide to his wife his loss
of money, had started out to secure
employment elsewhere with the idea
of in some way making good his losses
on the track.
1t is reported that when at Water
Vile in October he was in company
! with horseman who Went from there
TO Brockton fair and it is thought pos
sible that he may be in Montreal al
| the present time, in the employ oil
some horse owner there. Inquiry al
the various hospitals in that city how
ever, has revealed nothing in regards
to his whereabouts.