Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-10
WAS HENRY CLARKE
C0E A VISITOR IN
AUGUSTA SUNDAY?
Young Man Identical in Appear
ance to Missing Standard Oil
Employe Stopped at One of
Local Hotels

was Henry Clarke COe. Jr-, the
young Standard Oil Co employee who
has been missing from his home in
Alls-on, Mass. since Jan So in Au-
gusta last Sunday is a question which
several Augusta people have been ask
ing themselves since the latter date
and while they have really no. taagi-
BE reason for a belief that young Coe
would come IL this direction they can
rot forget t-e striking resemblance Of
Z young man Tno vas seen in the city
that day 10 the photographs Of Coe
which have been printed in the Boston
Ia pe-s. nor can they forget the man
!er Of the young man geen by them
which was such as could not fail 20
attract attention Whether Il was Coe
or not remains 10 be seen in the course
OF future Developments, but in the be-
lief Of those who saw the Young man
II question, il it was not Coe he sure
" has a duplicate.
TIE young man vas first noticed
when a. about Ii.45 Sunday forenoon
h entered one Of the local drug stores
70 make 4 purchase. There were IN
the store al the time one Of the pro-
pr:etors and customer, aand the lat
ter, who has followed the case closely
through tne accounts published in the
Boston papers. and has studied the
Photographs printed until he is as IA
Iri!.ar with young Goes features as he
= "lch those Of his friends. noticed
The resem blance as soon as the young
man entered the store
Another taing that he noticed was the
young mar ; manner. which was one Of
/ more than an ordinary amount@sof re-
/ f-.err1ent- Re appeared to be OF a re-
firing disposition almost to the point OF
! 5ash8ulEess. He approached tie pro-
z'rletor and asked Cor q package o. u
certain kind OF tooth powder which is
@ell known as one Of the bes, makes
IN the market and asked that something
Dc mixed With il, giving as q reason for
the latter request that ne had been
smoking a great deal Of late and had in
! This way dlscolored his teeth. His gen.
/ -lemenly manner attracted TIE attentiol
, Of the proprietor Of the store and after
the young man left the store the pro.
! prietor mentioned il to the customer
Tie young man was dressed quietly
and il the best % taste and coming TO
the store wore 10 oveTcoat or rubbers.
He was clothed in a dark suit and wore
a black DERBY ha., having evidently just
cone around from the hotel, which
was afterNari found 10 be the case At
! tie tine he was in the store il as
noticed that BIS hair was trimmed close
about the Edges ard that lie was rather
pale, which latter fact lal!ies with tfe
descriptions Of Cole.
/ The two men in the store. while IN
pressed by the resemblance Of tEe visitor
70 the missing young man, were loatn
10 consider the possibility Of its being
he AID said nothing more about the mat
/ ter until Monday. when the customer
entoned TO friend what he had seen.
/ Tie latter interviewed the proprietor Of
one 0: the downtown hotels. at the Same
time showing him a photograph which
/ had been printed in a Boston paper 81
/ the day before, and the hotel man at
I once recognized the likeness of the print
to a young man VINO had stopped al the
hotel over sunday.
The hotel man could not tell from the
signatures on the register which rad
been that OF the Young man in question
as several strangers had arrived at the
house Saturday night but ne readily re-
t6!4eu tl!S rOul-S IiAai " 40 feS-I4U!ed l.!s
print in the paper and also recalled the
fact that ne had left the hotel Monday
morning TO take an early train and az
that tine he wore dark overcoac.
| Which train the youn. man took tie rro-
prietor was unable 20 state. as the two
early morning trains leave within a few
minutes Of each other, Train a going
west az 6.38 and Train - going east at
s&3
And thus the matter stands The
Toung man in question may or may not
have been Coe. and the chances seem TO
be that ne was not: but until some con-
elusive evidence is shown 10 the contra
~ those who saw him will be inclined
to cling 10 the believe that it vas he.