The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-28
ROWLAND is Gone
Agent of Santa Fe
Disappears MysteriOusly.
left for Wellington; Has Not
Been Heard of Since.

/ g The elimination of the mental
strain under which Harry Rowland.
advertising agent for the Santa Fe,
has been laborinE ever since the death
Of his wife several months ago, has
! been res ched. his friends fear, with
his mysterious disappearance from the
. city.
Il Monday. Rowland was sent to Well
ineton on business for. the Santa Fe.
. Z "Goodbye" he said to a friend,
. ''this is the last time you'll see me
here
+ Since then Howland's friends have
: lost all trace of him. At the Virginia
where he had been living. it was
4 learned that he moved his personal
( fjelongings unknown to the house
Keeper As nearly as can be learned
he has not been in the vicinity OK
. Wellington.
! 4 The disappearance OF Rowland has
. recalled the unusual bonds that linked
i together the lives of Rowland and his
3 late wife
Ten years ago. after an ardent
courtship. Mr.. and Mrs. Howland were
married in Denver, Colo. Mrs. How
land was an invalid, unable for years
10 walk unassisted For some time fol-
lowing their marriage she was moved
q about only as her husband carried her
in his arms. The love with Whlch they
= oommenced their married life grew
One by one the things that had for
merly interested Rowland We're for
, gotten, until he centered all his atten-
+ ton on his wife and his work. Then
shortly after coming to Topeka Mrs
Z Rowland suddenly died while giving
birth to a child. The infant died alsu.
Anxious to Get Away.
Since the loss of his wife and child,
Hcwland has been anxious to get
styyoy from the associations of the las'
& few years, especially of the last fsW
L months He felt also that as long as
Z nc did mental work, he would not lie
able to lose the memories of ten happy
Years.
Z E During the Christmas holidays he
[ Suddenly resigned from his position
E with the Santa Fe and went TO v'5;'
! relatives in Iowa. From there he eX-
B pccted to go to the Pacific coast tc
q jo.n the crew of a merchant ship. he
was persuaded by his relatives to
change his course, however and re-
turned to his work in Topeka.
z Recently his actions have beer
4 more pulling than ever to his friends
Many of his statements have been un
-fnteIligible and it was known that III
was anxious to leave the city. Fol
wears Rowland has worn moustach'
r and Van Dyke beard. Last week III
shaved them off. other actions haC
led friends to remark about his con
duct.
Will Try to Locate Him.
z This morning J. NJ. Council, genera
V passenger agent for the Santa Fe, ad
p mitted that steps are being taken t.
determine what disposition HowlanC
made of the passes that he obtained
from the railraod.
= Harry Rowland is 81 years of ag
and came to the Santa Fe nearly a yea
r-agp- fron-the Kansas City journal
His newspaper career has EXTENDED
4over the last fifteen years. He was a
one time managing editor of tn
Z wyoming Tribune in Cheyenne. Late
he went to Denver and was at one tim
= or another connected with every pape
in the city He has also been on tn
staff of the Hutchinson News and wen
< to the Kansas City Journal from tina
VI mar