Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-29
IO0GE A/N0 CHHRLES.

sages are sent back, marked: "Un
claimed"
Friends of John fear some sand
man had put him to sleep and mad'
off with his money but no body tha
might be identified as his has beer
recovered.
A little home Of modern furnish,
ings stands on North Sixteenth stree
for John to come back some day ant
claim it. Mr.. Kiljan had just finishet
paying for the place before h,
checked Omaha off his list.
Intimate friends have been caring
for the place in hopes that John''
family might come to America some
day in search of him.
Wife Doesn't Give Up.
The pathos in the story of the dis.
appearance of George w. Smart
former Omaha man, in June, 1917
has been dinmed by the remarkable
success achieved by his p1ucky wifi,
in facing the world with courage
and conviction that she could over
come her grief.
Heartsore over being left penni
less to care for her two children
Mrs. Smart, then only %, place.
her heart and soul in her chubb,
youngsters and tried to make tn,
best of her plight.
Give up? Not this courageou.
woman. ...
She still has in her mind the nigh
of her husbands disappearance.
81 was i'll in bed" related Mrs
Smart. Little George was talking
so much of taking part IN a play al
the graduation exercises of the
school. He begged his daddy to b,
sure and see him on the stage.
Kissed Children Goodby.
"He promised me he would. 60 tc
the entertainment. How glad h,
would be to see his child perform
with the other school children"
thought.
"That night he kissed the children
goodby, saying he was going to tn,
store. He never returned"
At first Mrs. Smart grieved much
She wondered whether there was
God who should wish such grief OF
her.
She prayed of nights.
Then her friends came to her anc
offered her help to pay the rent an,
doctor bills.
II placed the children in St. Jane,
orphanage and buckled down t.
work." Mrs. Smart declared.
Keeps Family Together.
She took civil service examination.
and passed. Today she is sortins
mail at the Burlington terminal
earning enough to keep her littl,
family together, besides paying on
home she bought at 2017 Spencel
street
Rent from rooms that she lets ou
also helped Mrs. Smart acquire tn,
place.
Thus conquering pride and dejec.
tion, the plucky woman found patti
to contentment, despite the grief she
suffered over her husbands disap.
pearance.
Sethe Blaine, "a, is missing from
his wife and 2-year-old kiddy, Sethe
jr., at 5o32 Ohio street.
So are a few berries" from the
firm of the American Apple com.
pany where Sethe worked, according
to |. Gilinsky, manager of the firm
Two women searched for Sethe
the day after he bid Omaha adieu ir
April. They searched every cell ir
Central police station for him-but
without result.
Sethe's wife was one of the wom-
en-. ..
The other woman was Mrs. Hazel
Daily, 2124 Davenport street, who
told police Sethe made love to her
and bought her solitaire.
She lost track Of Sethe somehow
and went to the apple company to
see him. VI.
Learns of Wife.
There-alas-she learned Of his
wife and baby.
She fled to the wife and the pair
joined hands in the hunt for the
missing man.
Mrs. Blaine declared she will take
her husband back il he shows up
Nevertheless, Sethe is missing.
The disappearance of Catherine
Nelson, graduate nurse of the class
of 1918 at Wise Memorial hospital
is somewhat mysterious, according
to Investigators.
Without word to even her most
intimate friends, the bright girl left
Omaha suddenly month after her
graduation.
She was an orphan.
Her brother instituted q sea1ch