New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

this society business hu' he pri1cd himself on beng
well disciplined rcportcr He recalled the tradition tina,
STANLEY on his return from Africa after he had found
Livingston for "Ihc Herald had been ordered ba'h q"
his old job as police reporter.
NEWSPAPER editors OF the seasoned kind are not
~ disposed to cxaggcratc the Importance Of any as
signmcn after il has been covered II all III inc gay
work. and nothing is 50 dead as yesterdays paper
Rykcr knew this. Also he knew that the society re-
porter was born, not made, and the man VINO ha1i,
been born II had desire 10 acquire me faculty
felt little grievance against himself because ne had
been too late for this Alalvcrson case whatever ta'
was L occurred 20 him suddenly that ne knew notmiS
about il; 50 he tool; file Of The last week papers IRON
its rack and picked out q quiet corner Whcrc nc '"ud
read.
The story was only two days old, and there was not
much 10 learn but what there was gripped his attention
and excited his imagination Undoubtedly there were
pocn,iacs in it. Edward Alalvcrson Tor hVe OF SIX
wears had been charge Of one Of the financial depart
ncnts Of a large railroad company A Drancn me was
in course Of construction in one OF the suburbs ana
was mart OF Alavcrsous duty pay the men employer
on that operation. For this purpose ne had lett inc
offices about noon one daV week ago, carrying SCei
that contained something IKE seventeen !h9u' f
dollars in currency From that moment 10 this ne had
been as completely lost if the earth had opened ana
swallowed him.
private detectives had worked the case, and pro-
found secrecy had been maintained by thc company,
until as invariably happens, someone In authority mao
realized that publicity might be Of aid But even me
newspapers and the police department had been unable
70 find out ANYTHING All that was known was tha'
NaIvcrson had left the Offices and taken tTain' pre-
smablv for the suburb where the work was under way
He had not reached there; but no one had been ionh
who had seen him leave the tram, and every trace o
him and the satchcl had vanished utterly 81 couiS'
the theory was that he had been followed, robbed ana
perhaps murdered by persons who had previous KNOW
edge Of his Grand but there was not scrap Of evidence
10 bear ont this or any other theory.
His private life had been exemplary ana open aS "
book With wife and two little girls ne iyed III d
pretty but modest home on Long Island. VI a que'
disposition he had devoted all his time away IRON ms
work 10 his home and small but well chosen collection
Of books He was methodical in his habits never drah
lquor and had no enemies 50 far as was known DC
scripton Of Maverson had been sent broadcast pu,
there was nothing distinctive in his physical aspect ana
il might have fitted a thousand other men about 'hr'y
five years old Of medium height slender build clean
shaved and with brown hair and eyes
Rvker twice read every detail OF the case ana iiNed
il firmly in his mind. He studied the photograph 100
although obviously it was an old one and agreed with
the description only in a general way one reason why
he did this was his curiosity concerning everything u
usual Another reason that, IN his philosophy OF
newspaper work one could tell 1t was part OF
his method always to expect the unexpected Never,
theess ne sighed when he had finished the reading ana
again wished that he had the case.