Evening star., 1912-07-14
KATz STILL MISSING
Week Passes With No Clue to
Grocer's Whereabouts.
DETECTIVES ARE BAFFLED
Relatives Are Convinced He Was
Murdered and Robbed.
NERVES HAD TROUBLED HIM
Friends Believe He May Have Wan
dered From Home While Tenn
porarily Deranged.
DETECTIVES ARE BAFFLEO
NERVES HAD TROUBLED HIM

Max ii. katz's disappearance from the
vicinity OF Pennsylvania avenue and 6th
street northwest last Monday morning
is as much OF mystery today as Il was
when his Wife reported his disappearance
to the police. Where the grocer went
after he made a purchase OF quarter or
beef at a store at $50 Pennsylvania ave-
nue., his relatives said last night. they
still have not the slightest indication
1t was thought the day he disappeared
that he had been in George w Cooks
buffet at 6o4 Pennsylvania avenue and
later that he had been In a restaurant
near the Union station. Detectives now
believe that the persons who reported
having seen him We're mistaken in the
identity of the man, although Dennis
Bolden, who said he saw him Tuesday
morning. actually knew the grocer.
Relatives of the missing grocer diner
as to what has probably happened to
him. Some still cling to the belief that
he was murdered and robbed, and would
not be surprised to hear of the finding OF
his body in cellar of some building in
the shopping district, while others nave
an idea that he became irresponsible and
wandered away from the city.
Second Husband of Mrs. Katz.
Max Katz was the second husband OF
Mrs Katz, and was stepfather of her
eight-year-old daughter, although, It is
stated. he treated her as II she were his
own child. Mrs. Katz came to this city
from Atlanta, Ca, where her first hus-
band had been killed by being kicked by
a horse
Detective Jacob Berman is assisting De-
tective Cornwell and the police Of he
sixth and ninth precincts in their efforts
to solve the mystery. but last night none
OF the officers was able to suggest a prob
able solution. II Dennis Boiden is mis-
taken as to the identity of the man he
saw. absolutely nothing is known Of the
whereabouts OF KatS after he left the
place OF business Of the provision COM
pany.
Katz. the police have been told, had
about $500 in his pockets when he dis
appeared. He had intended banking
the money that day. they were in
formed, but why he should have car
ried 1t away from home at $40 o'clock
In the morning. when the banks do
not open until 9 o'clock or after. has
not been explained.
policeman last night, land he had
right to take 1t away with him. al
though his wife was Interested in it."
Customers Noted Odd Actions.
1t is not a matter Of money with
Mrs. Katz. the distressed woman says.
but 1t is a matter Of ascertaining il
her husband is alive or dead The wife
realizes that her husband was suffer-
ing from a nervous breakdown, and
that he may not have been responsible
for his conduct. and some OF the pa
irons Of his store at 18th and d
streets northeast declare they noticed
there was something amiss with him
some days before he disappeared.
The incoherent note found among the
papers Of the grocer did not assist tho
police in solving the mystery of his dis
appearance. 1t did suggest to some of his
relatives that he may have been suffering
from walking typhoid fever, and that his
mind had become affected.
None Of the close personal friends OF
the grocer has any idea that he went
away while in possession of his faculties
He was not that kind of man, they say
but was man who spent all of his time
with his family when he was not attend
ing to business. If he is found alive they
say, 1t surely will appear that he was not
in his right senses when he disappeared