Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-20
CONSIDER THIS
CITY PORT Of
| MISSING MEN
Police Receive Numerous
Notifications About Men
and Boys Believed to Have
Come to Albuquerque.


According to Chief of Police
Galusha people throughout the
Country appear to have gained
the impression that Albuquerque
is a Port of Missing Men" Just
why they should have such idea is
difficult 20 figure, according to
all local peace officers, since few
who are missing from other points
are ever located here.
! But such appears to be the idea
In other centers. At least such is
the impression conveyed from the
numerous notifications received
here of men and boys--few wo-
tnen are asked for-who are
missing from other places, There
Is scarcely a day which passes
that such notifications are not
received.
= Nor does this refer to the Gus
tomary police notifications, the
Notifications regarding escaped
convicts, other prisoners who have
escaped from city or county jails,
notices sent out of those who have
absconded with funds, notices sent
forth by various detective agen-
eies. Every police department,
sheriff's office and similar law enE
forcement offices receive these
notifications as matter of reg
ular routine.
Personal Communications
2 But there are personal COM
Hnunications coming to the Albu-
querque police department almost
every day, inquiring fo- this or
that one who is missing. There
are runaway boys, runaway hus-
bands. men simply missing. And
Judging from the communications
which come to Albuquerque more
than half Of them are directly in
quired for here.
Sunday the mails are light and
such correspondence is, conse-
quently, light. Yesterday was light
even for Sunday. Yet three sucn
personal communication were re-
ceived.
One was from a former service
man. He had lost touch with u
former comrade with whom he
had served in both the army and
navy Both have since left the
service. Where the man sought
has gone the writer has no idea.
His communication would indicate
that he believes he is in either
South America, China, the Phil
ippines or Australia. Yet the
writer is, naively, "Sure the AL
buquerque police can locate him."
Another is from j. II. King, of
La Junta, Colorado. He reports
that his son. Joe King, who is Ii
years old, has been missing since
last week. He offers no reason
for believing the boy may have
como this way but thinks "the
policemen in Albuquerque should
be able to find him."
No Description OF Boy.
{ Joe Kings father offers no de-
scription Of the boy himself, ex-
eept that he is IA years of age.
He says the boy wore blue over
4lls, a blue Jersey with red
stripe around the center and wore
Black shoes. He adds that the boy
left La Junta with lad II years
old. The father describes the older
boy, who name he does not give,
as "red headed and hard boiled"
The family of John w. Lally is
seeking him and Chief Galusha
and his force are asked to locate
the man here. The letter states
that Lally was known to be in
Taos, New Mexico, recently.
Which, Of course, would indicate
that he must now be in Albuquer-
que.
Lally is missing from Keouk,
Oklahoma The letter declares
that he left his wife and family
there some time ago. He is de-
scribed as being AZ years old, 8
feet inches in height, weight
165, has one gold tooth in front
and heavy eyebrows.
Z, Daily the police receive these
communications Frequently they
are followed with criticisms of
the Albuquerque police force If
the local officers do not cause the
missing ones to materialize, even
tthough in most instances the miss
ing are probably half way across
the continent from Albuquerque.
\ And yet some of his friends
wonder what is causing Chief Ga
lnsha to begin to turn gray.