The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
THINK GODOWSKY IS
AT WORK IN HIDING
Friends Believe Pianist Has
Sought Secluded Place to
Finish Compositions.
POLICE WITHOUT A CLUE

Friends Of Leopold Godowsky. he
celebrated pianist who strangely dis
appeared Wednesday evening, turned
hopefully last night to the theory that he
has found some quiet, secluded place In
which to finish some pressing musical
compositions and. engrossed In his work,
has overlooked the distress his wife and
family would feel. Up to late last night
! the police, the musicians family and
friends had not found a single prom
Using clue to his whereabouts. though
the search in hospitals, hotels and other
probable places had been most thorough.
so affected was Nine. Godowsky by
the nervous strain caused by her hus-
bands disappearance that the family
physician. Or. Max II. Eosenthal, Is
! West Ninetieth street. ordered her to
leave the Hotel Claridge yesterday after
noon and return to her summer home
at Avon. ". J. Nine. Godowsky came
to New York Thursday afternoon to help
find the noted musician, leaving her
four children at their country home.
She suffered a nervous collapse Friday
and Emerson Whithorne. Godowsky's
business associate IN the Art Publishing
Company OF ST. Louis, who came TO
New York TO direct the search, had TO
send for the physician.
Acting on the theory that the pianist
may be at work in some quiet hotel,
Mr.. Whithorne. o +. Sake, brother
in-law OF Godoweky DR.. Rosenthal and
Frank III. Parsons. a lawyer who was
called In for advice late yesterday after
noon. determined to search at Az the
hotels in Westchester county where
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They went to Westchester I'm automo-
biles last night. Previously DR.. Rosen-
thai gave out a statement at the Clar-
idge. saying he did not believe the
musician was n victim OF amnesia or
aphasia, as the police thought at first.
Early yesterday the detectives of the
bureau of missing persons at Police
Headquarters. acting under Lieut.. Grant
Williams. advanced the theory hat
Godowsky might have taken passage on
one OF the four transatlantic liners
which left this port Thursday and
Friday. Under this belief wireless mes
sages were sent to the four liners-the
Hellig Olav. bound for Copenhagen the
81. Paul. the Espagne and the Bergens-
ford. The messages read 'Godow-
sky, pianist, missing ; feet . inches,
dark. stocky. brown eyes. full face"
1t seems that Godowsky has large
"N' properly ~
Vienna. which he has been unable to
reach since the war. and he has worried
"A great deal about them. His family.
however. gives little credence TO the
theory that he may have gone to Copen-
hagen in an effort TO reach Vienna.
n police heard yesterday from
Joseph Fenield. go West stree, that he
had seen a man he felt sure was Godow-
sky ut broadway and F'orty-third street
"a. L*.FlnNs aftar.AAH IL. Igl ,AV L,,At.
at the time hat Godowsky was missing
Nine. Godowsky. grasping AZ any
theory that seems reasonable. still be-
lleves her husband has met with violence
because OF the large amount of money
and jewels he had in his possession. The
police. however, do not credit that theory
10 any extent. Commissioners Woods
and Scull have interested themselves in
the case, When they heard from Pen.
field Yesterday detectives Nrc sent tc
Broadway and Forty-sccon1 street &c
search the hotels and boarding houses in
that neighborhood. but they found moth.
ing In the way OF a promising clue. II
Is the police theory that Godowsky be.
came "A victim OF amnesia
'Godowsky." said Mr.. Whithorne. is
n very impulsive man and also quite
obstinate. He told me on Tuesday that
he had SO many visitors at Avon tina
he did not have enough time for his
work. 1t would not surprise me II ht
had determined to hide himself until h,
finished the musical work that is on his
mind
Any insinuation that the distinguished
pianist had quarrelled AT home or hat
eucmics who might desire to do away
with him was resented by the family.
Nine. Godowsky returned TO Avon OF
a late afternoon rain. Her four chill
dren, Nanita. 81 years old. Dagmer. II.
Leopold, Jr.. II. and Gunthram, ., spent
a sleepless night AT the Avon house.