The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-15
DOUBT TALE
THAT SMALL
is LOCATED
Des Moines Police Ques-
ton Discovery of Miss
ing Canadian.

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. Is. = A
writ of habeas corpus was asked in
district court this afternoon by
Chief OF Police Roscoe Saunders,
against John J. Brophy and Frank
marty, private detectives, for the
surrender OF a man they say is Am
brose j. Small, Toronto theatre
owner, who has ben missing since
December, 1919.
Des Moines, Iowa, Aug 15.-Lo-
cal ponce officials today are inciln-
ed TO question the story given out
by Frank Harty, former assistant
chief OF police and now a private
detective, that he has found AM
brose Small, Toronto (Canada)
millionaire, who has been missing
from his Canadian home for more
than two years. Harty and his as
.sistants continue to shrOud the
case with mystery and refuse to
tell exactly where the man they
believe TO be Small was located.
Harty has announced that he
may have some definite informa-
ton to give out late today or to-
from Toronto, who he expects to
substantiate his Identification.
The man Harty has under sur
veillance, he says, has been in Des
Moines for about six months. He
says he is legless and mentally in
capacitated as a result of an acci-
dent or gunshot wounds.
John j. Bropsy, former chief of
detectives here, who is working on
the case with Harty, says the man
they believe to be Small, was
brought to Des Moines (IowaJ more
than a year ago. He intimated
that he was brought here by John
Doughty, Small's former secretary,
who is serving term in a Cana
dian prison for the theft of some
of the millionaire's stocks and
bonds. Harty says the man was
fairly we'll supplied with funds and
that he was left in the care of
private family, who promised to
keep his whereabouts a secret
Bropsy says it is impossible to
engage the man in lucid, logical
invariably are yes, or no, and
Small" cannot explain why he
left Toronto in December, 1919.
A reward of $4,000 is offered for
Snallis return to Toronto.
Says Man Is Small.
A local theatrical manager had
dealings with Small in Toronto
several years ago, was taken to
see the man Small. He says he
is sure that the man is Small.
r Photographs of the man here,
and those show striking similar
tiles
One dispatch from Toronto says
that Mrs. Small placed slight cred
ence in the report that her hus-
band has been found in Des Moines,
and that she had received no com
munication from either Harty or
Bropsy. The detectives say they
have been in telegraphic commu-
nication with people in Toronto
and that they expect some one here
within day or two TO try to lden-
ufy the man.
Wife Waits.
Toronto, Aug. 15.-CUnited Press
Tortured by alternate hope and
fear, Mrs. Ambrose Small sat at
her home today, awaiting further
possible identification of the leg
less, half-witted cripple, discover
ed in Des Moines, said to be her
missing millionaire husband.
Tearfully joyous she first receiv-
ed a report that her husband mad
been found Then came the story
OF the human wreck, crippled, Graz
ed, unable even to speak, which
might be her husband, and hope
died. Now, scarce knowing wheth-
er to hope or fear that the man is
Ambrose Small, she is urging the
local authorities to hurry and hnd
out
If the crippled prisoner of Des
MONIES detectives is her husband,
MRS. Small wants him back. But
j she is torn between thoughts OF
tnls possibility and the awakened
nope that while this man may not
oe Ambrose Small, the missing
mag gnate may yet be found, alive
aud whole.
The local authorities today stat
ea that they had not been notified
oI the discovery OF Ambrose Small.
Ihey state that beyond the regular
circulars. offering the $4,000 re-
ward for SmalPs return, no photo
graphs OF the missing man have
peen sent from Toronto.
The rewards for Small expire on
Sept l.