The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-15
TO COMB NATION
IN SEARCH CITY T,
TREASURER, PLAN
X. Of p. and GIks Prepare 10 Flood
Nation With Inquiries 40 10
Whereabouts Of Missing
City official.
ASSISTANT TREASURER
APPOINTED BY MAYOR
J. J. Clark. for Years With orIouers
Interests to Assume Duties Tenn.
porsriIy: Required Make
s25,00o Bond.

More than week having passed
since the disappearance OF the vet
cran city treasurer. lodgcmcn and
civic worker, the search Of Judg
w. w. Clark viii be made nation.
wide. according to officials of the
local X. =. lodge OF which Mr.. Clark
was member.
The search thus far has been
confined almost TO Oklahoma city,
III Reno and Chickasha. These cit
lea have been colsbet. but no clue OF
the missing official found. Search.
ers are now convinced that II the
man Is demented he is many miles
from Oklahoma City.
Post cards bearing the mans pic.
ture and description win be sent 70
every knights OF rythias lodge In
the United States. together with a
request that these lodges Join In the
iearch for the man. heads OF the
local lodge announced today. Simi-
lar action will be taken by the b.
p. o. Elks, J. X. wellborn. secretary.
says.
BY this means. coupled with the
fact that newspaper reports OF the
mans sudden disappearance have
been published all over the United
States, lodge workers here believe
they can locate him II he is stlll
living.
The lodges will be asked to solicit
the support Of the police depart
ments In their respective cities.
According to reports received here
a former resident OF the city saw
the missing treasurer In front of the
Bristol hotel In Oklahoma City
Thursday morning. Although no clue
Of his whereabouts since Wednes.
day of last week had been found,
this report throws no new light on
the mystery since Oklahoma City
has been secured In the search since
Thursday.
Mrs. Clark stated this morning
that she had heard nothing from
her husband; that she had formed
no new theories in the matter. She
declared yesterday that she believed
her husband had met with foul play
or had suddenly become demented;
that she did not believe he would
wilfully abandon her and his office.
She still clings to this belief. Mrs.
Clark is now living at the home of
DR.. Martha Bledsoe, All South Sixth
street, just across the street from
the Clark home which was decided
to Mrs. Clark one day before the.
disappearance Of the city treasurer.
Suicide Latest Theory.
Suicide Is the latest theory in con-
nection with the mystery. Some OF
Judge Clark's closest friends declare
that he had been complaining of
physical suffering for several weeks,
and that this may have prompted
him to commit suicide in some Sc
cluded spot or by jumping into a
river. AS far as can be learned,
however the man was in his usual
jovial spirit and mood when lhe left
Chickasha. He gave no evidence Of
being Respondent, it is said.
Assistant Treasurer Appointed.
Mayor O. Coffman early this after
noon appointed ]. ]. Clark to act as
assistant treasurer until the office
is declared vacant or until Judge
Clark returns. The appoint. lent was
made subject to confirmation by the
city council. Action on the con-
firmation is expected at the next
regular meeting of the council to be
held on Thursday evening Of next
week.
Mr.. Clark has been a resident of
Chickasha for several years during
which time he has been bookkeeper
and auditor for the Driggers inter-
ests. He came to Chickasha from
Iowa. He is democrat.
The newly appointed treasurer
probably will qualify and take the
oath of office this afternoon or early
tomorrow mornin. In accordance
with the ordinance passed yesterday
creating the office of assistant treas
urer, he will be required to make
$4,000 bond. He will keep a separ-
ate set of records until the records
now in the treasurer's office are
audited.
That all Of the bonds and seeuri-
ties owned by the city and which
was in the care and custody Of
Treasurer Clark are intact and that
none are missing, became definitely
known yesterday afternoon when
Mayor Coffman, J. C. Neal chair
man of the finance committee Of
the city council, and Harry Ham
merly, city attorney, made a com
plete count of the $4,000 storm
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