Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-24
LAST SEEN HERE SATURDAY.
OCT. +PoLlcE ASKED TO JOIN
IN SEARCH.
WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE
GONE TO MINNESOTA
Wat at Britain & Co. Packing House
Late in the Afternoon Of Oct. -
Seen tho Last Time There When He
Bought Meat-No Cause 10 Known
for Disappearance.

I JuU .NOI!SSe!, d We'll GOWu iIia II
about town, has mysteriously disap-
/ peared. from his home, EOS North First
street. Today Mrs. Morrissey sought
aid of the police to held find her hus
band. who has been missing since Sat
! urday, Oct. 4. The disappearance is
mysterious and unexplained, and can
! that Morrissey may have wandered
away while not entirely responsible
! mentally
! Greatly alarmed and anxious, Mrs.
! Morrissey and her father. T. T. Short
mill, at whose home Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
rissey live, are making such efforts as
! they can to find him.
Last Seen in Evening.
| Morrissey was last seen the evening
of Oct. i, so far as the family or police
know. He was last seen a home that
| morning. when he left the house. About
noon he arrived al the Marshalltown
BotIlins Works, where he had been
employed for short periods from time
TO time by Bailey Bros. He worked
there during the afternoon and the
day being pay day, he was given a
check for $50. Fred Q. Bailey. of
Bailey Bros, remembers distinctly that
Morrissey went north from the bottling
works A short time later he reached
/ the Britain e. Co. packing house and
bought some meat. cashing the check.
That was the last seen of him, accord
ing 10 all information btainable today.
Supposed to Be in Minnesota.
Mrs. Morrissey's anxiety was not
greatly aroused for a few days, be-
cause she supposed her husband had
gone 10 Nicollet, MINI. the Saturday
Re disappeared That day ne had an
engagement, with Mr.. Miller. of Van
cleve. to go TO Nicollet. on a land
transaction. So when her husband did
not return Saturday night Mrs. Nor
rissey presumed he had gone 10 Min
nesota.
She did not become disturbed re-
garding his absence for several days.
" hen ne still did not return she COM
municated with Mr.. Miller. on Oct 9.
and found that her husband had not
been on the trip. Still thinking he
might have gone to Nicollet, Mrs. Nor
rissey wrote the tenant on the farm her
husband owns near there. The reply
received las. Monday confirmed her
, ASdI 11S! HUSBAND lldI llbl DcSH luSIS
Aged Since Accident.
Morrissey had aged markedly, and
had undergone very noticeable physi-
cal decline since his accident of Nov
II. 1912, when he fell thru a railroad
bridge near Gilman while returning
from that place He lag in the cold
all night and suffered greatly from the
injuries received and the exposure It
was several weeks before he was able
to be about and he had suffered phys
cally. His hair had become gray and
his face was thin.
Had Been Dependent
AT the factory Of Bailey Bros. Il had
been noticed. and is recalled now that
the Saturday Morrissey was there he
appeared quiet and seemed absorbed
with thought. Ii is known by others
that he seemed respondent during re-
cent weeks
Morrissey is about so years OF age
His height is about FIVE feet. eight
inches. and his weight about $50 70 140
When he left the Bailey Bros. factory
he was dressed IN a dark suit Of
clothes. black stiff hat. and light weigh.
dark colored overcoat. His hair is !
quite gray and his face thin and SAL
low.
Morrtssey was form erly county SUP
erintendent of schools Of this county
and was supervisor Of the decennial
census taken in 1910.
Mrs. Morrissey Greatly Worried.
Mrs. Morrissev. when seen today.
said she was now greatly worried for
fear that something ha6 happened to
her husband. She had tried TO hold up
bravely, and did not notify the police.
or seek help outside her family. until
she had exhausted ali her resources.
Mrs. Morrissey said that her hus-
band had been very respondent, ever
since his accident. and especially since
ne had failed TO make good recov
cry He was worried also over his fl
nancial affairs. He had invested in
the Minnesota farm property when he
had n income, and since mis- accident
and not being able to work. he was
finding ii hard to keep UP his pay
ments. The fear of losing what he had
invested was worrying him great
deal, said the wife.
Mrs Morrissey said that she could
not believe that Mr.. Morrissey had
taken his own life: at least he had
not unless he was in such a mental
state that he was not responsible for
his actions.
DAVIS is PROTESTED.