Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-24
Disappearing Y.M.C.A. Boys Secretary Appears and Dis appears Before Friends Can Reach Him.
FACE IS WHISPERED
 PREVENTING IDENTITY
Seen Many Times on Streets This Week, Yet Hundreds in Searching Party Comb District in Vain for Him.

His mind a blank, even the
 memory of his own name gone, L.
 R. Carter. boys secretary of the
 Bisbee Y. NJ. c. A, who mysteri-
 ously dropped out of sight in Fl
 Paso three weeks ago, is reported
 aimlessly wandering about the
 streets of Bisbee today, bearded
 and with hat pulled over his eyes
 a stranger to the hundreds of
 friends who pass him.
 No less than a dozen boys and
 men identified him on the street
 this week, but always he dropped out of their view before they could
 catch up with him. Last night hundred women,
 men and boys together with offic-
 CTS combed the cities of the Dis trict for him, searching every nook far into the night but with
 out the barest trace of him.
 Seen Often In Bisbee
 Carter was first recognized by T. H. Wilson of Buxton and Smith in front of the Bank of Bisbee Tuesday after noon. At that time his disappearance had not been announced, and Smith thought no more of the meeting eX- cept to note Carter wore a blue serge suit, a gray cap and a heavy growth of whiskers.
 On Wednesday he was reported in the vicinity of the high school by a schoolhoy named Robert Pettijohn, who again saw him near the Copper Queen hotel that night Pettijohn's story is supported by another boy who came running up to him saying that he had just seen MT. Carter at the entrance to Brewery Gulch.
 Friday night Carter was reported in Lowell by Johnny Barutte. while last night he was recognized by Able Nichols, George Brown and by Russell Wright, all boys who trainel under him at the Y, 20. A. and knew him intimately.
 In all cases were the descriptions of him the same, blue serge and gray cap, in which Secretary Richardson said Carter started for Fl Paso Sep tember l.
 Carter's disappearance was first an nounced early the past week after numerous searching parties had been sent to Fl Paso and other border towns to search for him.
 Left Here Sept. 1
 On September l, he kissed his bride goodbye and started for Fl Paso for a few days rest, after a rigorous sea- son establishing Y. M. C. A. all over the border. Two weeks ago Mrs. Car ter received a letter from him in Fl Paso, saying that he would soon be back at work again, much refreshed by his vacation.
 That was the last ever heard from him.
 Ten days ago his wife could bear the suspense no longer and MT. Rich- ardson, secretary of the 'Y" set out for Fl Paso to search for him. The officers of all the towns along the bor- der were also requested to keep a look out for him, but Richardson returned without the least assurance that Car ter had even been in Fl Paso.
 No Cause Known
 Carter was married to a Bisbee girl only few months ago and their do- mestic life was serene, and he was succeeding well in his chosen work, when he was assigned the important task of establishing Y. M. c. As a. mong the soldier camps along the bor der
 For weeks then, Carter worked day and night, and came back to Bisbee month ago i'll from his undertaking.
 Foul Play Theory Given Up
 The strangeness of his disappear ance caused many of his best friends and Mrs Carter to believe he must have been the victim of foul play. But word that he had been seen in Bisbee has brought hope that he may now be found and his mind restored to him. Physicians consulted last night said from the description of the case
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