New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-08
Princeton Man
Viii, 100000
Still Missing
/ Z. Kendall, Giant Half
hack on Team Ten Years
Aro. Scoffed al Warming
MOI 10 Display Huge Roll
Fear Gang Trailed Him
.laska Mining Engineer Was
Nan Of Mystery; Said to
Have Had Heart Attacks

Aha c. Kendall. the six-foot mining
.,.;ueer from Alaska, who sauntered
-s.,d the city with about 100000 in
=. .oeket, was halfback on the Prince
4, y,niyersity football team ten years
!. was learned yesterday BY those
have been searching for him since
r.anesday. They learned little more
.s,u, hin, and nothing whatever as to
i, ,,esens whereabouts.
"a cas- big and muscular and scoffed
!. a..ssr. but failure to find any trace
. Kim through inquiry among his &C
...;r,auces and at places he fire.
.,,,sed, led Byron W. Smith, at whose
.,nt at 20 Seventh Avenue, Kendall
,.,,ded and VINO had the police send
=, an alarm for him, to fear that foot
ads made a successful attack on him.
Kendall had been living with the
smiths since his arrival in New York
Nan, wear ago. On June 80, he had
,oss 10 take room at the Hotel Penn
sr,,ania because the one he had been
msuuying at the Smiths was being
,.seecrated He returned, however,
n, all his meals. Wednesday morn
;ry after breakfast, ne told Mrs.
smith that as his room was again ready
sor him, he would return that after
noon and would have his bags sent
down from the hotel. In the mean
lime. he said, he would do some shop
,Ing. When he failed to return that
ssy. Mrs. Smith became alarmed be-
csuse Of the large amount of money
she knew he had been carrying and
notified District Attorney Banton.
Displayed Huge Roll
Kendall himself is something of a
mystery. and, although he seems to
have made great many friends dur
ips his STAY here, the closest of them
NOW very few facts concerning his
life. He was native of Omaha, Neb.,
but. according TO his own words, had
80 relatives or responsibilities of any
kind. He allowed it to be known that
he had made a considerable fortune
out Of mining in Alaska, and, as a
matter Of fact, always carried gold
coins on his person, instead of small
bills or silver He had plenty of
money, spent 1t generously and seemed
to have nothing in the world to do but
live leisurely life and amuse him
self.
About week AGO he withdrew a sum
Of money supposed to be 100000 from
9 downtown bank. Some time later he
showed this to the Smiths. saying,
Flows that for bank rolf Mrs.
Smith said that there was Il 600 bill
on the outside Of the roll and that
Kendall had told her there was nearly
100000 there altogether. According
to Mrs. SMITH, she and the rest of the
family pleaded with him to put it away
somewhere in safe keeping and in
formed him that New York was no
place to carry around such q large
amount. She said he laughed at their
Tears, but did say that he might put
It some place.
Fears Gang Trailed Him
Several days later, said Mrs. Smith
Kendall, in his desire to make a more
compact roll of the money, went to &
store to purchase q rubber band tc
place around it. While the store itself
Is not Objectionable in any way, she
said that there are a number of young
men frequently seen Hanging around,
who have no visible means of support
She thinks that, inasmuch as Kendall
was not a man to conceal a roll Of
bills through any fear of loafers, it is