The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-15
HAS ANYONE SEEN
Mr.. ]. MOWBR4Y?
He's Wanted in Barre-Wanted Most
Anxiously By a Number of People
Who Deposited Money
with Him.

There's a $500 fund of Barre none,
that hasn't gone into "Red Triangle,
Red Cross or Liberty loan subscriptions
Five hundred is the police estimate, bu
the police and the states attorney ar,
looking to the debonair Mr.. j. Mowbray
for further accounting of the money, ant
until the mystic who lately held forth or
Summer street appears, there are severa
contributors here in town who will con
tinue to wonder and worry.
Mowbray's brief but somewhat me
teoric career in Barre is reminder that
there's a friendly gold coast awaiting the
prov of daring adventurer most any.
where on the map. Like young Loehin-
var, Mowbray came out of the West
sometime last week, rented a room from
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Emerson of 10
Summer street and began to tell folks
about love, courtship, buried treasure
business deals and the location of springs
on the home place Like many others,
he got his start by advertising in the
newspapers and until his strange dis.
appearance Tuesday, there was a steady
stream of callers at his room Every
body who called to inquire about happy
marriages and the reunting of the sep
arated found in Mr. Mowbray courte-
GUS and affable helper. Before doing
anything important advertised Mr.
Mowbray, consult me" 1t seems that
several did, negleeting among other i'm
portant things, TO leave their money at
home.
When the wellspring Of information
stopped flowing some time Tuesday. some
Of the cup bearers began to grow suspi
cious Yesterday when the clairvoyant
failed TO return, States Attorney Earle
r. Davis began TO receive complaints,
with the result that an inquiry was set
on foot and a charge of fraud was fixed
up in the event that Mowbrsy should
come back. The longer the inquiry con
tinued the more the authorities found
about the gifted Mr.. Mowbray One of
the complainants, jitney driver, con-
fided TO the states attorney that he had
lost $40 Complainant No. 2, a young
contributed S35 to the sum. total
Of Mowbray's happiness. No. B. a wild
lw, is reported to have dropped 5000
Others have not reported and probably
viii not This morning the officers
searched Mowbray's rooms, found note
pads and a choice assortment of Oriental
'andles. The candles, once lighted, Great
d a fragrant air of incense about the
-oom. which formed another of the ir- |
things about Mr.. Mowbray's !
quarters and his clairvoyance. lneiden-
ally the police learned that the Emer- |
ons had loaned their star lodger SIG
Mowbray's methods, according to in
ormation obtained by the police. savored /
# the occult, much the same as the in |
ense candles The trusting patron of 1
.ochinvar would receive from him roll 1
# bills to be carried in the same pocket |
II purse used as a money contaiuer by /
he customer This inevitably brought I
,ood luck, but after a few days il was
iowbray's turn to carry the pool and in
his manner. it is stated, the iitney man.
he widow, ct al, lost their savings For
/ happened that the good luck was in
he possession of Mowbray when he left
own.
The prospects Of reaching Mowbray
re not alluring. This the police admit.
Or they are Of the opinion that he and
is good luck funds are far away by this
Ime At police headquarters and in
nme other quarters people are trying TO
yplain how anyone could repose so much
in a stranger, but thus far
here is no polite explanation. Perhaps
was the candles