The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-08
ALASKAN MINER
MISSING, LEFT
TRAIL Of COLD
WIDE SEARCH STARTED
FOR ALVA KENDALL
Traced From Boarding House
To New York Uptown
Hotel-Trail Is Lost.

New York, July 7.-(By the Asso'
ria,ed Press.)-A trail Of gold leading
out of Greenwich Village to an uptown
hotel to-day was the only thing left to
connect Alva G. Kendall. Alaska miner;
with his haunts of moro than year
, Kendall disappeared last Wednesday
and when he went. It Is believed by q
, friend he had 100000 IN his pocket
He dropped out of sight in the bust
est section Of Fifth avenue. A clerk In
n jewelry store who knew him. got q
, fleetIng glance Of him about 6:16 In the
afternoon. No one can be found who
has seen him since,
Gold Trail Picked Up.
The trail Of gold was picked up to-
day In the home Of Mrs. Mary 2. Smith,
whore Kendall roomed. Mrs Smith said
ne often paid his room rent IN gold, and
showed at least five SO gold pieces 70
prove. Across the street, the manager
OF a cigar store has one Of tho gold
pieces and a taxi driver who often drove
the Alaskan. had another. Up at the
Pennsylvania hotel. bell boy has one,
given him as tip, he said
Mrs. Smith said to-day that she know
very little about her guest He was
silent on his experiences in Alaska she
said, but she believed he made nearly
$500 900 IN gold mining Kendall liked
gold. she said, and carried a portion OF
his fortune in his trunk, all IN gold, and
II was because he liked to carry and
used gold pieces that his trail on the
last day he was seen in New York, was
followed like an open book
Kendall slept Tuesday night In the
Pennsylvania hotel and two other night
Mrs. Smith said, because his room at
her house was being renodeled. The
same night he gave the bell boy a tip
the $40 gold piece He appeared in nor
NAL condition. the boy said to-day.
Tho Tratl Is Lost
Wednesday morning he returned to
Greenwich Village and gave a cigar
store man a ten dollar gold piece In
payment for two boxes Of cigars, which
he took with him. The cigars are not
AT Mrs. Smiths house and there was
no trace Of them at the hotel.
After that purchase, he walked across
the street and had dinner with Mrs
Smith as usual. At $3.50 he said he
was going up to Forty-Eighth street
and Fiftieth avenue to have diamond
reset The jewelry store there has
no IoSOIu u uOihB WI tNt AtAAAs W."
at least two clerks knew him. One OF
them, Thomas 4. Rowland. said today
that a little after FIVE he saw Kendall
approach the store. stop for a minute
in the doorway and then walk south
rapidly. That was the last seen Of him.
Kendall Is said to he about IS years
old In 1911. Mrs. Smith said, he play
cd halfback on Princeton's football
team. but there Is no record Of a Ken
dali on that team. He weighed about
100 pounds and was feet II inches
tall.
Came Homo Rich MAN.
Almost a year ago he came out Of
Alaska TO the Smith home. He de-
posted most Of his fortune In a bank
she does not know the name. Then
he set about enjoying New York.
Last Monday. she said. he drew some
money How much she does not know.
but on Wednesday, she said he showed
her three thousand dollar bills saying
he had ninety seven more like them in
his pocket. For that reason she fears
something may have happened to him.
although she admits the possibility
that he may have gone back to Alaska,
AS he complained often about the sum-
mer heat here
A general alarm was sent out by the
police today, but no results were OBJ
tained.