The Glenwood post., 1922-07-20
Don StoffIe Suddenly Disap-
pears and All Efforts to
Find Him Fail
.|T MAY Be FINANCES

Glenwood and Carbondale are much
wrought up over the mysterious disap-
pearance of Don Stoffle, well known
ranchman of this county who left his
home in Carbondale early Wednesday
tmorning, driving to Glenwood with
milk and cream which he disposed Of
to Q. D. Gambrell, the Glenwood milk
dealer.
For some time past Mr. Stoffle has
been making an auto trip to Glenwood
in the early morning, and returning to
Carbondale he would usually go at
once to the Van Syckel ranch which
he and his brother-in-law, Walter Ger
kin, are farming jointly. Here he
worked on the ditch or in the field till
toward evening when he would return
to Carbondale and do the milking and
feeding and care for the milk.
Therefore the fact that he did not
return to his home at noon occasioned
no surprise, and it was not until the
other men returned in the evening
that Mrs. Stoffle learned that he had
not been seen since he left for Glen
wood about six O'Clock in the morn
ing.
Mrs. Stoffle at once called up Un-
dersheriff George L. Winters who is
well acquainted with the missing man.
Mr.. Winters soon located the Stofne
car in front of the Burke second hand
store on Cooper avenue where it had
been parked ever since eight 'clock in
the morning. About $3.50 the man
dropped into the Mechau barber shop
where he chatted while with Mr..
Mechau, and after he left the shop he
disappeared as completely as though
the sea had opened and swallowed him
up, and up to the time The Post goes
to press all the efforts of officers and
friends have failed to reveal so much
as faint trace of the unfortunate
man.
Mr.. Winters learned that Mr.. Stoffle
had delivered his milk and cream to
Gambrel about seven O'Clock Wednes-
day morning, and although he had
quite "a cash balance due him he did
not ask for or receive any money. He
brought down veal for Fl L. Edger-
ton, his father -in-law, and delivered it
to Pete Kirchen, but when Mr.. Kir-
chen offered TO pay him for it he de-
clined to take the money, simply say
ing that Mr.. Edgerton would be down
in a few days and he could get the
money at that time.
Upon inquiry at the station it was
learned that Mr.. stoffle did not buy =
ticket, and parties who were about
the depot feel quite sure that he did
not board any Of the outgoing trains
during the day. He failed to take
breakfast at the Pullman restaurant,
as has been his custom. It is known
that he had very little if any money
in his pocket, and while inquiry at
| the First National bank shows that he
had checked out his account, it was
used in small checks to pay legitimate
expenses, and there appears to be
nothing unusual in any of his bust
ness transactions, making the matter
all the more mysterious.
Mrs. Stoffle and all who know the
! missing man are mystified and abso
lutely unable to account for his sud-
den disappearance. His home life was
perfect, and he was greatly attached
to his wife and two children. His
habits were good, and apparently the
mans disappearance can be accounted
for only on one of two theories, either,
as n result of hard work and worry
over financial matters, the man may
have suffered a temporary mental
break and disappeared, or else he may
have met with foul play, but it is diff
-! ficult for his friends 30 accept either
of these theories. Every effort possi-
BILE is being made to locate him, but
without the slightest clue thus far.