The Detroit times., 1914-06-16
POLICE SHY AT
PASTOR PATM0NT
KIDNAPPING TALE
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He never reached Woodward-ave as
far as can be learned
Later in the evening, she said she
called the Rev Claude r. Witty. pas
tor Of the Plum-st Church OF Christ
and a staunch friend of the Rev Mr.
Patmont. and told him of the occur
renee. telling him not To allow her
husband TO return home alone. When
Mr. Patmont failed TO appear at
church meeting, Pastor Witty notified
the police and the Burns detective
agency, which was instrumental In
solving the puzzle Of his first disap
pearance
Detectives made thorough search
OF the vicinity and found, in an alleV
between Cass-ave. and Second-st., a
battered stir hat The grass and
weeds had been trampled down, and
there were evidences of a struggle
No other clews have been found.
Neither Of the men who followed
her husband to the Third-st. car line
wore hat like the one found, said
Mrs Patmont, but she is inclined to
believe that he was lured into the al
ley, where others were waiting, and
overpowered.
IL am afraid that my husband is
dead" said Mrs. Patmont When
he returned TO Danville, H.. and testl
| fled before the grand jury after his
first kidnapping, he was threatened
and told that II he gave any evidence
against certain parties. II would SO
hard with him. | believe that his
disappearance here is a result OF a
plot to obtain revenge for the dis
/ closures he made then.
Pastor Patn.~1- ana FAMILY have
been In Michigan ever since he testi
fed before the grand jury in Danville
H., OF which Westville, where the
first attack and kidnapping occurred
Is a suburb. At first they kept them
selves secreted on a farm but, two
weeks ago. moved TO Detroit. where
they were guests in the home oil
Pastor Witty, No. 200 Common
wealth-ave., while they we're prepar
ing TO move into their present home
at No. 100 Ferry-ave west.
| Last Sunday, according TO Mrs. Pat
mont, a man named Lloyd asked FOL
I and obtained an appointment with heI
! husband I'm Lloyd's room in the Pont
chartrain hotel. Mrs. Patmont sait
that her husband told her that the
man wanted him TO sign q statement
to the effect that he had not beer
kidnapped from Westville and OF
fered him money. This the Rev. Mr.
/ Patmont refused. she said, and LloyC
Threatened him saying that Some
thing will happen to you that yor
won't like"
Detectives Golden and Randeme1
gay that they know Lloyd. whose
home is In Dayton. o., and Whose
first name is said to be Jack They
say he is an employee Of the Persona
Liberty league, a saloon organization
He was in the Pontchartraiu hote
last week. they say Mrs. Patmont sait
that her husband said Lloyd passed
himself off as q Chicago newspaper
man. She saws she IL confident tina
LLOYD knows something OF the disap
Ipearance OF her husband
Mrs .Patmont's face showed signI
OF constant worry Tuesday, but nev
ertheless she bore mp brayely IL
The Times she made the following
statement:
y"My husband has been engaged II
evangellstic work for several years
Having started In the Work When quit
youngo For several years he ha'
been q correspondent for the Chris
tian Standard and for The Menace
He had not been actively engaged II
local option work until he went 4
Westville, which Is mining town
where there are many foreigners. NJ.
husband speaks rs languages and III
thought he would he able 20 reacl
the foreign element by speaking thei
own tongues. While engaged in evan
gelistic work there he found tina
many OF the people OF Westville, ie
norant foreigners. were living almos
entirely on beer and bologna sausage
and he saw that he could do no gOo'
unless he could eliminate the saloon
He then took an active part in loca
option work and succeeded In obtain
ing some damaging evidence of lat
attractions on the part OF the saloon
Keepers
"He was warned TO leave the cit,
but refused 20 do 50. On the nigh
Of March 81 he went TO Dantille, an
was last seen starting -for hom
along the Big Four tracks. He wa
missing for 53 DAYS and was hnall'