New-York tribune., 1919-12-27
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DIR. Vermilye, of BROOKLYN.
Fails to Appear and
Friends Of Aged Physician
Hint lmpostor DupedCirl

MONSON, Mass. Dec. 2s.-Miss Ruth
vi. keency, whose marriage to DR.. Will
lam Grey Vermilye, of BROOKLYN. p
1ormer naval surgeon. was postnoned
Thursday after the britcgroom-clect ct
had tailed to appear, said tonight she
IS still convinced that the doctor has
either met with foul play or has been
inquired in an accident Her convictions
sno said, are confirmed By press dis
patches in which it was said that
money due Dr.. Vermilye had not been
claimed.
Miss Keeney said the doctor had told
'ei ne would collect the money before
coming to Monson, and the facf that u
mad not been claimed Convinced her ali
,ae moro that some one who might
nave known about the money had wav-
lald the surgeon
MISS keeney also said she realized
the doctor had not lived in BrookJvn
1or some time, due to his service on
the United Fruit steamers, his naval
service and his "trip to South America
but she said he had kept his head
quarters at the Brooklyn address and
Sne mad been able to communicate with
MN oy letter or telephone.
Al Hcme on Tuesday
In lact, Miss keeney said she had
communicated with the home vester.
day and servants at the house informed
her that Dr.. Vermilye spent the NIGHT
there Tuesday and lett Wednesday,
morning. saying he was going to Mon
son to be married.
Guests at at the expected wedding, who
crowded the Methodist church. were
dismissed by the Rev. Herber, y
buckingham with the word that Dr.
Vermil ye had not been heard from
SINCE he left New York hotel sup
poSsd!y on the way TO be married,
Mr. 8uckingnan said that he and
MISS keenty's family felt that Dr.. Vor-
niiyes absence was due to violence
Ihe expected BRIDEGROOM, he explained
mad been engaged in Federal service
IN rounding up radicals since his dis
csh"rgea from the navy. and arrived in
New York last Friday from a South
american trip, in which he had super
vlsed the deportation 10 Colombia OF q
Red" This fact, he added. suggested
the possibility Of radical activities be-
ing responsible for Dr. Ncrmilye's non
appearance.
Miss keeney and Or Vermilye me-
AS tourists in South America two ,ears
ago. he was visitor to her nome
here Tor q week last summer. The
couple had much in common, both hav-
ing been graduated from Middle West
ern colleges and completing their edu
cation at German universities.
Miss keeney, returning from Buck
nell University, saw her fiancc in New
York last Saturday, when he accom-
panied her to the train. Subsequently
lie wired the hour of his expected ar
rival for the wedding.
Brooklyn Doctor About Seventy
The only DR.. William G. Vermilye
known in Brooklyn is physician
about seventy years OLD, who formerly
lived at 245 Sunnyside Avenue. He was
attached to the United States Ship
ping Ecsrd, according to one Of its
officials, apd returned a week ago from
months trip to South America on a
special mission for the board.
DR.. Nermilye was seen in Brooklyn
last Tuesday by A. Heinmuller, q
friend, who now lives at the Sunnyside
Avenue address, and by John A. Bren-
dell, real estate agent in East New
York. Both of these were sure that
the aged physician they knew was not
the man in the Massachusetts, case and
that some one else was using the
doctors name.
DR.. W. w. Miner, feet surgeon of the
United States Shipping Board, said
he saw DR.. Vermilye last Monday He
described DR.. Vermilye as being six
feet tall, clean .haven and gray
haired.
ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 2s.-Dr. John
Vermilye, practicing physician of this
city, when asked here tonight If he
knew of the proposed marriage Of his
father, DR.. William Vermilve, to Ruth
Keeney, said the affair was a mystery
to him, that he had never heard Of Miss
Keeney and that he had not heard from
his father since November.
The elder Dr.. Vermilye married Miss
Eva Vansylckle, Brooklyn woman, in
Brooklyn in 1887, according to the son.
who added that his mother died IN
1900. Two children were born of the
union, but the Atlanta physician is
the only surviving one. DR.. William
Yermilye, it was stated, was sur
geon on fruit steamer prior to the
war, and was inducted into the navy
when hostilities were opened. He was
on duty aboard transports and made
the passage Of the Atlantic seven or
eight times. His son said that Dr..
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