Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-04
YOUNG MAN WHO DISAPPEARED
LAST JUNE TELLS VAGUE
STORY.
DOES NOT OFFER REASON
FOR SUDDEN DEPARTURE
Was to Have Been Married and Bride
and Parents Conduct Nation-Wide
Seareh-Father Gave Up Business in
Order to Seek Missing Son-6owles
Now at West Branch With Relatives.

! Cedar Rapids, Nov. Andrew K.
Bowles, farm worker, whose mys-
terious disappearance from the home
of his employer near Whittier on
June "a started countrywide search
that has continued to some extent ever
since, appeared early Tuesday at
the former home Of his parents
near Gelena, Kan. Immediately he
came on to Iowa, reaching West
Branch late Tuesday.
Levi Bowles, father Of the young
man. who gave up his business in
Kansas to aid in the search for the
young man. is now with his son. The
elder Bowles following his decision to
come to Iowa to aid in conducting the
search. for the last three months has
been superintendent of the Friends
school, near West Branch, and 1t is at
that institution that the younger
BoWleS is today.
Bowles has not, it IS said. given
any connected account of his disap-
pearance, the factors that were re-
sponsible for il, nor where he has been
since June "a He has shown ten
dency to be decidedly reticent regard
ing the incident, and beyond fragmen-
,ary statements limiting at foul play,
has had little to say.
Disappeared MysteriousIy.
Il Will be remembered that Bowles
left the home OF his employer Lewis
Stanley. for Whittier. At the the he
was driving q colt which he was en-
deavoring to break to harness. When
he failed to reappear at the home Of
his employer on the evening OF MS
disappearance no particular alarm was
felt: but when his absence continued
until Friday evening his friends ne
came anxious concerning his safety
and started a search for him.
The horse and vehicle which Bowles
had when he left the home of Mr..
Stanley were found within three miles
Of Marion. The horse was grazing by
the side Of the road and did not have
the appearance of having been either
in a runa way or in an accident. How
ever. certain of Bow!es' personal be-
lone.ngs were found in the road and
these LED his friends 10 believe that he
either had been the victim Of foul play
or that an accident had befallen him.
Search Was Started.
countrywide search for Bowles
was begun and the entire countryside
in the vicinity Of the accident vas
combed for some traces OF the young
man or for a clue that might lead to
the discovery OF his whereabouts
Rloodhounds were obtained and put on
the trail but all efforts failed and the
search was finally given up in that
vicinity.
Bowles' parents in Galena, Kan.
were notified and they came to Iowa
All Friends com munities in the United
States were enlisted in the wider
search and other means were resorted
to in the attempt TO locate the young
man, but no definite clues were un-
earthed and he was not heard of until
he appeared this week at his Kansas
home
Faith Is Rewarded.
The parents Of Bowles. and Miss
Ada Coppock to whom he was to have
been married this autumn, have been
steadfast in their belief that the man
would be found They were firmly Of
the belief that his disappearance was
not of his own vol!tion and held to the
!, theory that there had been foul play OF
! some sort in connection with the Incl
| dents They never had given up hope
| of again finding him and his reap
pearance has rewarded their belief
Various theories have been ad
vanced from time to time since
! BowIes' disappearance and on at least
! one occasion the announcement made
/! by seer or spiritualist that BoWies'
body could be found in the Cedar river
| brought out prolonged search in the
vicinity indicated by the man Of Wis
/ ions. This lead. like others. failed to
develop tangible results and the ma
/ jority of people who had followed the
! search had given up nope of any trace
! of BoWles being discovered