The New York herald., 1922-05-08
BELIEVES MISSING
BOY Is IN BROOKLYN
Mrs. Ella J. Williams, Former
ly of Natick. Mass, Has
Searched Five Years.

Confident that she let her son. missing
from her for more than five years. get
off street car in Brooklyn one eve-
ming last February without speaking to
him for fear that she might be mis-
taken, Mrs Ella j. williams of South
Oxford street. that borough. has asked
THE NEW YORK HERALD to help her In
the search for him that she started at
the time Of his disappearance.
Despite the length of time that has
elapsed since her boy left his homo
in Natick, Mass, Mrs. Williams is posi-
tive that he is alive and IL word of her
anxiety to hear from him can reach him
he will get into communication with her.
The boys name is Charles Henry Will
Jams. He was born In Brooklyn in June,
1908, and If alive is now almost 10 years
of age. He is the son of Henry Clay
Williams, Jr.. who Is connected with the
New York Trust Company OF 100 Broad
way
The father and mother of the boy were
divorced in Massachusetts in 1916, and
at the time of the lads disappearance
the mother and the boy were staying at
their summer home. The boy was a
pupil at the Wilson Grammar School at
Natick, which Is on the Charles River,
about twenty-five miles from Boston. The
boy did not attend school on the day he
left home, but about noon of that day,
with the weather Is degrees below zero,
he left home with a. pair Of ice skates
and hockey stick thrown over his shoul-
der.
That was the last ever seen OF him.
The authorities at Natick aided Mrs
Williams in search of all the ponds
in the vicinity and also the Charles
River. The theory that he was drowned
Is more than offset by the severity Of
the weather at the time. which formed
ice In the river said to have been at
least forty inches thick. There is no
record of any open holes In the river or
any of the ponds
It was thought at the time that the
lad might have started for New York
to visit his father, for he had expressco
a wish 70 do so. Communication with
the father revealed no trace of him.
The woods in the neighborhood OF Ma
tick were searched thoroughly and the
waters of the ponds and the Charles
River were watched closely as the ice
broke in the spring. Every effort, how
Then began a search by Mrs. Williams
for her boy that, has caused her count
less sleepness nights and watchful days.
The police of many of the large cities
helped her. but not the slightest clew
was ever found to indicate any hope
of success In the search.
On February last Mrs. Williams was
on a De Kalb avenue car in Brooklyn
She saw a boy about Is or 10 years of
age sitting opposite her. In some re-
spects the lad appeared to her to re-
semble her missing boy. In other ways
he did not. She was tempted to speak TO
the youth and settle her fears. but while
she was debating the matter and fearing
to be made the object of rldicule the
car stopped and the lad arose. evidently
at his destination. and got off the car.
Since that time Mrs. Williams's be-
lief that the boy she saw was actually
her son has grown TO such an extent
that the thing she desires most In life
now is to be able to see this strange
youth once more and put to him the
question that Is forever ringing In her
ears, Are you my boy?"
Young williams, II he Is still alive.
will eventually come into half inter-
est in the estate valued at more than
$4,000. 1t is a trust fund left by his
grandaunt, OF which his father receives
the income during his lifetime, but
which at his death will revert to Charles
williams, the missing boy, and his Sis
ter, Harriet Frances Williams.